Stephen Murray has narrated 9 audiobooks on Listento.it by 4 authors. The most-rated is The H G Wells BBC Radio Collection.
The Navy Lark, Volume 8
Summary
The Navy Lark, one of radio's longest running laughter-makers, kept the nation on the crest of a comic wave from 1959 to 1977. All at sea in the Senior Service were conniving Petty Officer Jon Pertwee, silly-ass Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Phillips, and the constantly bemused Stephen Murray as 'Number One'. Below decks Ronnie Barker was just about working his passage as (Un)Able Seaman 'Fatso' Johnson. So climb aboard and join the merry crew in these four classic capers: The Montezula Revolution, Sequel to the Talpinium Shell, Nana, and The Case of the HGM Mark 5.
©1996, 2000 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)1996, 2000 BBC Worldwide Ltd
The Navy Lark: 60th Anniversary Special Edition
Summary
A 60th anniversary celebration of the much-loved nautical comedy, featuring 17 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 radio sitcoms.
This 60th anniversary collection comprises 17 hilarious episodes - one from every series of the show, plus the pilot episode and the special Jubilee edition. We start with 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), 'Mr Phillips at Dartmouth' (29 October 1967) and 'The Jubilee Navy Lark' (16 July 1977). The other 11 episodes included are: 'Commodore Goldstein' (22 February 1961), 'The Northampton Hunt Ball' (6 October 1961), 'Chasing the Kepeac' (29 November 1963), 'Let Loose with a Chopper' (22 August 1965), 'Mr Phillips’ Promotion' (30 October 1966), 'The Redundancy Drive' (20 October 1968), 'The Forbodians Hijack Troutbridge' (8 March 1970), 'Impressions For Survival' (23 May 1971), 'Friday the 13th' (11 Jun 1972), 'Povey - An Admiral at Last' (9 September 1973) and 'NANA' (16 November 1975).
Bonus items include a mini-episode from The Light Entertainment Show and two episodes from spin-off series The Embassy Lark: National Grumpshnog Week (series 1, 12 April 1966) and Sub-Lt Phillips Drops In (series 3, 16 April 1968). Plus, there’s 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. As well as a 'lost' episode from season 2 of The Navy Lark: 'Return to Potarneyland', first broadcast on 26th February 1960.
So step aboard HMS Troutbridge for laughs ahoy!
©2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2019 BBC Worldwide Ltd
Navy Lark 20
Summary
Four more hilarious radio episodes featuring the merry crew of HMS
Troutbridge.
The Admiral arranges for his daughter, Rita, to marry Commander Murray; Sub-Lieutenant Phillips plans to buy himself out of the Navy; Pertwee gets involved in a scheme to smuggle booze, and the crew of Troutbridge lock horns with evil, world-dominating Oriental mastermind the Master.
©2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks Ltd
The Navy Lark: Series 15
Summary
Jon Pertwee, Leslie Phillips and Stephen Murray star in the complete series 15 of the fondly remembered nautical radio sitcom. All 11 episodes of this, the final full series from 1976, are included alongside the 1977 Jubilee special and other bonus items.
©2017 BBC Worldwide Ltd. (P)2017 BBC Worldwide Ltd.
The Navy Lark, Volume 10
Summary
The Navy Lark, one of radio's longest running laughter-makers, kept the nation on the crest of a comic wave from 1959 to 1977. All at sea in the Senior Service were conniving Petty Officer Jon Pertwee, silly-ass Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Phillips, and the constantly bemused Stephen Murray as 'Number One'. Below decks Ronnie Barker was just about working his passage as (Un)Able Seaman 'Fatso' Johnson. So climb aboard and join the merry crew in these four classic capers: Going Dutch, The Figurehead, Cementing Relations, and Strike Up the Band.
©1998, 2000 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)1998, 2000 BBC Worldwide Ltd
The Navy Lark: Volume 33
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The crew of HMS Troutbridge return in these four classic episodes of the long-running comedy series, reviewed by The Times as doing 'everything with such charm...' 'Hijacked!' - Mr Merrivale, the Director of Naval Expenditure, has an idea to get rid of the troublesome crew of HMS Troutbridge. 'Admiral Troutbridge' - At the "nosh up" being held for the late Admiral Troutbridge, it emerges that there is some doubt over the date and circumstances of the Admiral's demise, but Pertwee has a tale to tell.... 'The Smugglers Return' - The presence of a customs officer means that all the crew immediately need to dump their smuggled contraband over the side. Pertwee realises there must be a small fortune lying adjacent to the dock.... 'Commander Trotter Takes Charge' - While Commander Bell is on compassionate leave, HMS Troutbridge gets a new CO.... Starring John Pertwee, Leslie Philips and Ronnie Barker.
©2018 Lawrie Wyman (P)2018 BBC Digital Audio
The Navy Lark, Volume 14
Summary
The Navy Lark, one of radio's longest running laughter-makers, kept the nation on the crest of a comic wave from 1959 to 1977.
All at sea in the Senior Service were conniving Petty Officer Jon Pertwee, silly-ass Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Phillips, and the constantly bemused Stephen Murray as 'Number One'. Below decks Ronnie Barker was just about working his passage as (Un)Able Seaman 'Fatso' Johnson.
So climb aboard and join the merry crew in these four classic capers: The Smuggling Spy, A Crisp Romance, Pertwee Posted to Portsmouth, and Tug-of-War.
©2002 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)2002 BBC Worldwide Ltd
The Navy Lark, Volume 6
Summary
The Navy Lark, one of radio's longest running laughter-makers, kept the nation on the crest of a comic wave from 1959 to 1977. All at sea in the Senior Service were conniving Petty Officer Jon Pertwee, silly-ass Sub-Lieutenant Leslie Phillips, and the constantly bemused Stephen Murray as 'Number One'. Below decks Ronnie Barker was just about working his passage as (Un)Able Seaman 'Fatso' Johnson. So climb aboard and join the merry crew in these four classic capers: The USA Navigator Swap, Opportunity Knockers, Friday the 13th, and The New NAAFI.
©1994, 1996, 2000 BBC Worldwide Ltd (P)1994, 1996, 2000 BBC Worldwide Ltd
The H G Wells BBC Radio Collection
Summary
BBC radio productions of H. G. Wells' finest fiction - plus hear H G Wells in his own words in a selection of original radio broadcasts from the 1930s and 40s. H. G. Wells is one of the founding fathers of science fiction, renowned for his futuristic tales in which he predicted space travel, lasers, the atomic bomb and wireless communication. But in addition to his 'scientific romances', he also wrote numerous ghost stories, domestic comedies and Utopian novels espousing his ideals of socialism and feminism. This collection features a selection of his best works from across these genres. Here are dramatisations of his sci-fi and fantasy classics, The Time Machine, The Wonderful Visit, The Island of Dr Moreau, The War of the Worlds and The First Men in the Moon, with stellar casts including Robert Glenister, Bernard Cribbins, Garard Green, Blake Ritson and Hywel Bennett, as well as a reading by Stephen Murray of The Invisible Man. Wells' comic novels of lower middle-class life are represented by Love and Mr Lewisham (read by Paul Daneman), and adaptations of Kipps, Tono-Bungay and The History of Mr Polly, starring Mark Straker, Neil Dudgeon and Christopher Guinee. Also included is a dramatisation of his 'New Woman' novel Ann Veronica, with Amy Hoggart as the eponymous heroine and Bill Nighy as the Narrator. One of Wells' most famous supernatural short stories, The Inexperienced Ghost, is dramatised with a full cast including Donald Houston and Christopher Guard, and four further short tales - In the Abyss, The Sea Raiders, A Dream of Armageddon and The New Accelerator - are read by Timothy Keightley and Robert Bathurst. In the fascinating documentary H G Wells: The Invisible Author, Brian Morton asks whether the focus on Wells' science fiction has overshadowed his other authorial achievements. And we hear Wells in his own words as he discusses topics as diverse as world politics, the history of the printing press, the possibilities of technology and the shape of things to come.... Lastly, Martyn Wade's original drama The Wells Way brings H. G. Wells and George Gissing together at crisis points in their lives, as each tries to be more like the other. Julian Rhind-Tutt stars as Wells, with Joseph Millson as Gissing. Contents: The Time Machine The Wonderful Visit The Island of Dr Moreau The Invisible Man The War of the Worlds Love and Mr Lewisham The First Men in the Moon Kipps Tono-Bungay Ann Veronica The History of Mr Polly In the Abyss The Sea Raiders A Dream of Armageddon The New Accelerator The Inexperienced Ghost H G Wells: The Invisible Author Radio speeches by H G Wells The Wells Way by Martin Wade With thanks to Keith Wickham
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