The Navy Lark: Volume 34: The classic BBC radio sitcom

Four vintage episodes from the classic seafaring sitcom, including the original pilot episode and the final regular episode.

"Operation Fag End" (`Working Their Passage¿):

New head honcho Commander Povey is heading to the island to inspect the crew ¿ just as Pertwee¿s consignment of 50,000 smuggled cigarettes is about to arrive....

"The Bugged and Burgled Beer" (`Bugging¿):

Pertwee has a purchasing problem: the two cases of beer he sold to his customers have ended up in Povey¿s custody. Can a bugging device help him recover his haul?

"Number One¿s Anniversary" (`Biff Boff Boffing Their Way Through¿):

With his first wedding anniversary approaching, Mr Murray is in a bad mood amp;mdash; and Captain Povey is in trouble after switching the photos of two applicants for his wife¿s advertisement for an au pair.

"Captain Wilberforce Pertwee" (`Having a History Lesson¿):

After Pertwee¿s ingenious defence gets Phillips acquitted at a court martial, he recounts how he got his inventiveness from his wily great-great-grandfather Wilberforce Pertwee.

Starring: Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips, Richard Caldicot, Stephen Murray and Tenniel Evans, with Dennis Price, Ronnie Barker, Michael Bates, Heather Chasen, Pamela Buck, Norma Ronald and April Walker.