- Until the BBC released these unofficial titles given by fans were:
- Opening Night
- Advertising Drive
- The Party Political Broadcast
- Back to Portsmouth
- Serial Programming
- The African Incident
- Yours, or MINE!!!
- The Portarneyland Election
- Back in the Navy
| Series | Episode | Title | First Broadcast | Repeated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV Lark, The | 01 | Opening Night | 19630125 | 20120120 (R4+) 20130222 (R4+) | Troutbridge TV's new Deputy Controller, Henry Povey soon spots some familiar faces. |
| TV Lark, The | 02 | The Prestige Show | 19630201 | 20120127 (R4+) 20120128 (R4+) 20130301 (R4+) | Fledgling channel Troutbridge TV stages a gala programme to boost its viewership. |
| TV Lark, The | 03 | Z Ambulances | 19630208 | 20120203 (R4+) 20130308 (R4+) | A live drama serial could make money for Troutbridge TV. But can they manage to make it? |
| TV Lark, The | 04 | House Of Commons | 19630215 | 20120210 (R4+) 20130315 (R4+) | Troutbridge TV has to transmit a party political broadcast, and Phillips is off to a ball. With Janet Brown. |
| TV Lark, The | 05 | Back To Portsmouth | 19630222 | 20120217 (R4+) 20130322 (R4+) | Troutbridge TV is offered coverage of the arrival of Potarneyland's retiring governor. Troutbridge TV is offered coverage of the arrival of Potarneyland's retiring governor. Navy Lark spin-off stars Jon Pertwee. From February 1963. Navy Lark spin-off stars Jon Pertwee. From February 1963. |
| TV Lark, The | 06 | On Safari | 19630301 | 20120224 (R4+) 20130329 (R4+) 20130330 (R4+) | The TV team heads to Africa for 'Up the Creek' with naturalists Maggie and Arnold Crump. |
| TV Lark, The | 07 | Ship Ahoy | 19630308 | 20120302 (R4+) 20130405 (R4+) | Troutbridge TV's new naval show is set to film a minesweeper sailing to the breakers' yard. |
| TV Lark, The | 08 | The Potarneyland Election | 19630315 | 20120309 (R4+) 20130412 (R4+) | Troutbridge TV hitches a lift aboard a destroyer to cover a far-flung historic ballot. |
| TV Lark, The | 09 | 19630322 | |||
| TV Lark, The | 10 LAST | Back In The Navy | 19630329 | 20120316 (R4+) 20130419 (R4+) | The ex-shipmates are all at sea when they discover their brief television careers are over. |
Alternate Titles
Broadcast Dates
- I'm going to hold off the dates till I'm sure the BBC7 is broadcasting all the episodes and in the correct sequence, so there's a BBC7 series for the time being.
Cast
All Episodes
- Henry Povey - Troughtbridge TV Ltd.'s Deputy Controller
- Stephen Murray - Producer
- Leslie Phillips - Director
- Jon Pertwee - Floor Manager
Duration
- 30 Minutes
Genre
- Genre: Sitcoms, Comedy
Missing
- Episode 9 is missing - BBC7 play "Back In The Navy" in its place and say there were only nine episodes.
Pid
Programme Details
- Programme ID: b019f7n4
Quality
- Many of the episodes in circulation are off-air broadcasts supplied by a listener and are of varying quality.
See Also
Trivia
- An odd spin-off of The Navy Lark, which ran between the 4th and 5th series - it was diue to a BBC executive who claimed that "forces comedy" was no longer popular.
- I've seen listings where this is included in The Navy Lark sequence.
- "Back In The Navy" is sometimes listed by the BBC as an episode of "The Navy Lark".