HMS Paradise
- TV sitcom
- ITV1
- 1964 - 1965
- 26 episodes (1 series)
HMS Paradise, an island off the Dorset coast, is an idyllic posting as nobody seems to do any work... but not everyone is happy about the situation. Stars Richard Caldicot, Frank Thornton, Robin Hunter, Ronald Radd, Angus Lennie and more.
Series 1
1. Captain Art Thou Sleeping There Above?
Thursday 16th July 1964
2. Come Out Lt Ross Wherever You Are
Thursday 23rd July 1964
3. An Officer And A Gentleman
Thursday 30th July 1964
CPO Banyard gets to understand that being an officer isn't all about signing your own leave passes and wearing a flat hat - he has to do some real work for a change ...
4. The Sea Does Not Want Them
Thursday 6th August 1964
Ye gentlemen of England,
That live at home at ease,
Ah, little do you think upon,
The dangers of the seas
5. I Don't Know The Name And The Face
Thursday 13th August 1964
Lieutenant Pouter is suddenly menaced by marriage but with Chief Petty Officer Banyard's help he discovers that love will find a way out.
6. It'll All Come Out In The Wash
Thursday 20th August 1964
7. You'll Get No Promotion This Side Of The Ocean
Thursday 27th August 1964
Able Seaman Murdoch tries to win fair lady with a Do-it-yourself promotion kit.
8. Call Me Madam & I'll Punch You On The Nose
Thursday 3rd September 1964
9. Don't Fire That Man, He's Loaded
Thursday 10th September 1964
Captain Turvey adds a shell to his souvenir collection and the island draft tries to get it back before it explodes.
10. You Have Been Listening To Radio Paradise
Thursday 17th September 1964
A little of what Captain Turvey fancies doesn't do anyone any good.
11. And A Happy Bastille Day To You, Too
Thursday 24th September 1964
You can twist French history as much as you like - but for Drake's sake, never mess about with their perishing geography
. So says CPO Banyard, during a lecture to fellow prisoners.
12. In Which We Serve A Drop O'the Hard Stuff
Thursday 1st October 1964
Banyard's Potent Punch gets the party going.
13. Mutiny On The Boonsey
Thursday 8th October 1964
To avenge himself of Captain Turvey, Lt Pouter goes back 200 years in history and finds that he might just as well have stayed at home.
14. Having A Wonderful Time, Glad You're
Thursday 15th October 1964
15. Anybody Wanna Buy An Island?
Thursday 22nd October 1964
16. Thar's Gold In Them Thar Holes
Thursday 29th October 1964
17. Twas On The Good Ship Venus
Thursday 5th November 1964
There are more things in Heaven and Earth than are dreamed of in the Manual of Navigation.
18. Our Man On Boonsey
Thursday 12th November 1964
When Captain Turvey stoops to conquer, there's nobody who stoops lower.
19. There Is No Excuse For Slipshod Paperwork
Thursday 19th November 1964
The dreaded Captain Turvey becomes the new Captain of the Dockyard at Portland; the Boonsey island establishment try him on for size and find he doesn't fit.
20. What Am I Bid For This Lot
Thursday 26th November 1964
For once, CPO Banyard ends up with far, far more than he bargained for.
21. How To Try In Business Without Really Succeeding
Thursday 3rd December 1964
CPO Banyard discovers that a bowler hat and 20 years of fiddling before the mast are not qualifications for a civilian career.
22. Let That Be A Four Minute Warning To You
Thursday 10th December 1964
Captain Turvey is lecturing the Island draft on what to do if the bomb drops, when all of a sudden ...
23. Hail Lieutenant Hathaway And Farewell
Thursday 17th December 1964
Lieutenant Superman Hathaway, sent by Captain Turvey to scourge the island draft, discovers that Queen's Regulations is a closed book at Boonsey.
Special: HMS Paradise Meets HMS Eagle
Thursday 24th December 1964
25. This Side Up - Use No Hooks
Thursday 31st December 1964
26. The Great Brain Robbery
Thursday 7th January 1965
If Lieutenant Pouter and Able Seaman Murdoch can become geniuses what does that make the rest of the Navy?