An Inshore Minesweeping Unit has been forgotten by the Navy after World War II on the peaceful island of Boonsley and they have adapted to their circumstances. The men still wear uniforms and the proper reports are filed, although the reports of hundreds of mines are exaggerated. The captain spends his time fishing, the Number One is busy romancing the only Wren on the island and The Chief Boatswain runs a wine smuggling business. Unfortunately the Navy start to get suspicious.
Acting
Leslie Phillips' signature cad and Ronald Shiner's glorious cheekiness
Writing
Radio series adaptation keeps the verbal wit snappy
Director
Gordon Parry
Cecil Parker
Cmdr. Stanton
Ronald Shiner
CPO Banyard
Leslie Phillips
Lt. Pouter
Elvi Hale
Leading WREN Heather
Cardew Robinson
Lt. Binns
Gordon Jackson
Leading Seaman Johnson
Hattie Jacques
Fortune Teller
Nicholas Phipps
Capt. Povey
Harold Kasket
Gaston Higgins
Harold Kasket
Lt. Bates R.N.
Llewellyn Rees
Adm. Troutbridge
Clive Morton
Rear Admiral
Clive Morton
Mabel
Gordon Harris
Group Captain
Wanda Ventham
Mabel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Spawned from a massively popular BBC radio series that ran from 1959 to 1977, making this one of Britain's longest-running military comedies.
Gordon Jackson later played the utterly serious Mr. Hudson in 'Upstairs, Downstairs' — imagine him here as a cheerful sailor.
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