HMS Paradise (1964)

A completely lost early ITV sitcom with strong similarities to the popular radio series The Navy Lark. HMS Paradise is set at a Royal Navy station on an island off the Dorset coast where very little actual work takes place.

HMS Paradise

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Frank Thornton
Frank Thornton
as Commander Fairweather
Robin Hunter
Robin Hunter
as Lieutenant Pouter
Richard Caldicot
Richard Caldicot
as Captain Turvey
Ronald Radd
Ronald Radd
as CPO Banyard
Angus Lennie
Angus Lennie
as Able Seaman Murdoch
Priscilla Morgan
Priscilla Morgan
as Amanda
Graham Crowden
Graham Crowden
as Commander Shaw
Ambrosine Phillpotts
Ambrosine Phillpotts
as Mrs. Turvey
Cameron Hall
Cameron Hall
as Admiral
Sheree Winton
Sheree Winton
as Fiona as Third Wren
Clive Dunn
Clive Dunn
as Tugboat Captain
Michael Arden
Michael Arden
as CPO Hawkins
Howard Lang
Howard Lang
as Commander Bell
Arthur Hewlett
Arthur Hewlett
as Mr. Bassett
Ernest Clark
Ernest Clark
as Commander Trickett
Archie Duncan
Archie Duncan
as Commander Bellamy
Edward Brooks
Edward Brooks
as Lieutenant Gibson
Pat Coombs
Pat Coombs
as Mrs. Wigg
June Barry
June Barry
as Doris
Barbara Bermel
Barbara Bermel
as Wren Wilkinson
Wendy Richard
Wendy Richard
as Genevieve
Barbara Hicks
Barbara Hicks
as FO Purseglove
Cerry Neal
Cerry Neal
as Fourth Wren
Martine Beswick
Martine Beswick
as Fifth Wren
Janet Bradbury
Janet Bradbury
as Sixth Wren
Geoffrey Hibbert
Geoffrey Hibbert
as Mr. Busby
David Harford
David Harford
as Ratling
John Bluthal
John Bluthal
as Gus
Dickie Owen
Dickie Owen
as Sid
Hedley Colson
Hedley Colson
as Det. Insp. Hogg
George Tovey
George Tovey
as Milkman
Donald Hewlett
Donald Hewlett
as Commander Brent
Brian Oulton
Brian Oulton
as Surgeon Lieutenant Tibby
Janet Bruce
Janet Bruce
as Admiral's Wife
Gertan Klauber
Gertan Klauber
as Native Chief
Ray Browne
Ray Browne
as Naval Provost Lieutenant
Stanley Unwin
Stanley Unwin
as Professor
Robert Dorning
Robert Dorning
as Charlesworth
Hugh Latimer
Hugh Latimer
as Polegate
Eunice Black
Eunice Black
as Miss Franklin
Kenneth Midwood
Kenneth Midwood
as Admiral
Victor Platt
Victor Platt
as Crabbe
Lionel Wheeler
Lionel Wheeler
as Ratling
Patrick Troughton
Patrick Troughton
as Captain Ahab Rudlow
John Roden
John Roden
as Wilson
Jacqueline Jones
Jacqueline Jones
as WPO Bond
Brian Rawlinson
Brian Rawlinson
as A.B. Simkins
Barry Henderson
Barry Henderson
as AB Henderson
Joe Ritchie
Joe Ritchie
as AB Fletcher
Cardew Robinson
Cardew Robinson
as Cousin Albert
Frank Seton
Frank Seton
as Ratling
Alister Williamson
Alister Williamson
as Mr. Higgins
Malcolm Knight
Malcolm Knight
as Mr. Todhunter
John Warner
John Warner
as Mr. Turnbull
Paul Bogdan
Paul Bogdan
as Russian Admiral
James Goei
James Goei
as Chinese Delegate
Edmund Otero
Edmund Otero
as Cuban Delegate
Dean Francis
Dean Francis
as Indian Delegate
Andrew Downie
Andrew Downie
as Lieutenant 'Superman' Hathaway
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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Captain, art thou sleeping above?

  • 1x2

    Come out lieutenant ross, wherever you are

  • 1x3

    An officer and a gentleman

  • 1x4

    The sea does not want them

  • 1x5

    I don't know the name and the face escapes me

  • 1x6

    It'll all come out in the wash

  • 1x7

    You'll get no promotion this side of the ocean

  • 1x8

    Call me madam and i'll punch you on the nose

  • 1x9

    Don't fire that man, he's loaded

  • 1x10

    You have been listening to radio paradise

  • 1x11

    And a happy bastille day to you too

  • 1x12

    In which we serve a drop of the hard stuff

  • 1x13

    Mutiny on the boonsey

  • 1x14

    Having a wonderful time — glad you're not here

  • 1x15

    Anybody wanna buy an island?

  • 1x16

    Thar's gold in them thar holes

  • 1x17

    'twas on the good ship venus

  • 1x18

    Our man on boonsey

  • 1x19

    There is no excuse for slipshod paperwork

  • 1x20

    What am i offered for this lot?

  • 1x21

    How to try in business without really succeeding

  • 1x22

    Let that be a four minute warning to you

  • 1x23

    The new lieutenant

  • 1x24

    Christmas special: hms paradise meets hms eagle

  • 1x25

    This side up — use no hooks

  • 1x26

    The great brain robbery

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