Four vintage episodes from the classic seafaring sitcom, including the original pilot episode and the final regular episode Operation Fag End ('Working Their Passage') 5 April 1959 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') 1 October 1967 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') 11 July 1971 With his first wedding anniversary approaching, Mr Murray is in a bad mood - 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')18 January 1976 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.

A 60th anniversary celebration of the much-loved nautical comedy, featuring six classic episodes plus bonus material On 29 March 1959, The Navy Lark sailed the airwaves for the very first time. Starring Leslie Phillips, Jon Pertwee and Stephen Murray, with regular appearances from Ronnie Barker and Heather Chasen, it soon became a radio favourite and ran for 18 years - one of the longest-running BBC sitcoms. This anniversary collection comprises six of the best episodes from the iconic series - Operation Fag End (5 April 1959), The Hank of Heather (17 May 1959), The Lighthouse Lark (29 January 1960), A Deliberate Bashing (19 April 1963), When Sub Lt Phillips Was at Dartmouth (29 October 1967) and The Jubilee Navy Lark (16 July 1977). Bonus items include a mini-episode from The Light Entertainment Show; two crossover episodes from spin-off series The Embassy Lark: National Grumpschnog Week (12 April 1966) and Sub-Lt Phillips Drops In (16 April 1968), and a discussion from Bob Holness Presents: Farewell to the Paris, which sees Leslie Phillips and Jon Pertwee reminiscing about the making of The Navy Lark. So step aboard HMS Troutbridge for laughs ahoy! PLEASE NOTE: The CD inlay makes reference to the programme Left Hand Down a Bit. This programme is not included in the collection.