The TV Lark! Series 1.1 [E1 - 5 Incl. Chapters] 1963 [High Quality]

Chapters
00:00:00 - S01E01 - 1963-01-25 - TVL Opening Night
00:29:35 - S01E02 - 1963-02-01 - TVL The Prestige Show
00:58:50 - S01E03 - 1963-02-08 - TVL Z Ambulances
01:27:14 - S01E04 - 1963-02-15 - TVL House of Commons
01:56:39 - S01E05 - 1963-02-22 - TVL Back to Portsmouth

Series Details

The TV Lark was intended to be a replacement for The Navy Lark starting with what would have been the programme's fifth series. This situation came about due to the head of light entertainment believing that "forces"-based humour had become dated and television was the next "big thing", so Lawrie Wyman was ordered to create a show with the same cast in an independent TV station situation. Alastair Scott Johnston and Wyman tried to stop this but were overruled: hence, the arrival of The TV Lark.

The entire crew had been drummed out of the service and hired by Troutbridge TV Ltd. Janet Brown joined the cast due to the absence of Heather Chasen for this series. However, mainly due to public pressure, the production team of Alastair Scott Johnston and Laurie Wyman managed to revert the show to nautical capers. Storylines in The TV Lark nudged back to naval origins across the ten episodes until they were finally reunited with Troutbridge, which continued for another six episodes as the fifth series of The Navy Lark.

The Navy Lark was a BBC Radio comedy series that ran for 15 series between 1959 and 1976 with largely the same cast. An ensemble cast played a number of characters, many with distinct catchphrases. Among the most memorable are the thieving Chief Petty Officer Pertwee, the oldest Sub Lieutenant in the Navy, Sub Lieutenant Phillips, Able Seaman Goldstein, Wren Chasen (the only sensible person in the crew), the long suffering Lieutenant Murray and their collective nemesis, Commander Povey.

The premise is that the series concerns the mishaps of HMS Troutbridge, in Series 1 & 2 Troutbridge being a shore based establishment, but from Series 3 onwards, HMS Troutbridge becomes a warship, leaving more latitude for chaos.

It ran for a mammoth 244 episodes over 15 series between 1959 and 1977.

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