Navy Lark - definitive list

[Ed Brown]

It was recently reported that Keith Wickham has found the final missing episode of The Navy Lark ('The Cornish Exercise') on an off-air tape. It's thought likely to be aired during April or May, once legal clearances have been obtained.

You can check for upcoming Navy Lark repeats in Radio 4 Extra's forthcoming schedule for the next few weeks, using the following link:

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/search?q=navy+lark

[Mark Tinkler]

Mar 10, 2023 16:37:52 GMT Ed Brown said:

There are places where you can perhaps find complete recordings, at high bitrates, of broadcasts which have been banned or cut.

ulozto.net/folder/ZrqRdXvx96cH?view=list&sort=name

Interesting site - Ed, do you happen to know that, for example, this 'complete' editions of ROUND THE HORNE on this page are the same as the ones on the official BBC CD releases or were those edited?
But thanks for posting.

[Ed Brown]

Mar 19, 2023 15:30:54 GMT Mark Tinkler said:

Ed, do you happen to know that, for example, this 'complete' editions of ROUND THE HORNE on this page are the same as the ones on the official BBC CD releases or were those edited?

Sorry, I've no information about cuts made on the CDs. No one I know has those CDs.

It's my understanding (from reading it) that the Woke-cuts list is drawn up primarily by comparing the recent digital repeats on 4 Extra with recordings of the repeats which aired on BBC 7 (mainly in the years 2008-2012).

There are only a couple of episodes of RTH that are known to have been cut since 2012, i.e. since BBC 7 went off the air. So it has not been worthwhile buying all the RTH episodes on CD, since there are (for RTH) recent uncut 320 kbps radio repeats available from 2018.

I do know that the guys who draw up the list don't have access to many CDs. Nor is that a disadvantage. They are trying to identify radio cuts, after all. Also, most CD releases (for 1960s shows) were issued before 2020, the year the current wave of Woke cuts began, so I presume (tho' it's only a guess) that they won't be affected.

There are cuts that go all the way back to 2004, but they are fairly few and reasonably well known. And they don't affect RTH.

It's a big job to compare all of the RTH seasons aired on 4 Extra against the BBC 7 broadcasts. I don't think it would be feasible to also compare all the BBC 7 broadcasts against the CDs.

But if your question was motivated by an interest in comparing a CD with the 4 Extra repeats, please post your findings here. For that purpose, there are places where you might find the uncut RTH repeats which began airing in 2018 (at 320 kbps), for example you might try this link:

ulozto.net/folder/NGlaglBWmXU0?view=list&sort=name