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| genre = Sitcom
| creator =
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| writer = Maurice Wiltshire <br /> Lawrie Wyman <br /> Lew Schwarz
| director = [[Bill Hitchcock]]
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| presenter =
| starring = [[Frank Thornton]] <br /> [[Robin Hunter]]
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| composer = [[Malcolm Lockyer]]
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| num_series = 1
| num_episodes = 26
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| producer = [[Sid Colin]]
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| runtime = 30 minutes
| company = [[Associated-Rediffusion Television]]
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'''''HMS Paradise''''' is a British [[comedy]] [[television series]] which originally aired on [[ITV (network)|ITV]] between 1964 and 1965.<ref>Wagg p.9</ref> It is set at a [[Royal Navy]] station on an island off the [[Dorset]] coast where very little actual work takes place. The show bore strong similarities to ''[[The Navy Lark]]'', a popular radio series. All episodes are now considered to be lost.

==Main cast==
* [[Frank Thornton]] as Commander Fairweather
* [[Robin Hunter]] as Lieutenant Pouter
* [[Richard Caldicot]] as Captain Turvey
* [[Ronald Radd]] as CPO Banyard
* [[Angus Lennie]] as Able Seaman Murdoch
* [[Priscilla Morgan]] as Amanda
* [[Graham Crowden]] as Commander Shaw
* [[Ambrosine Phillpotts]] as Mrs. Turvey

A number of actors appeared in individual episodes of the series including [[Patrick Troughton]], [[Wendy Richard]], [[Donald Hewlett]], [[Clive Dunn]], [[Cardew Robinson]], [[Sheree Winton]], [[Martine Beswick]], [[John Bluthal]], [[Ernest Clark]], [[Barbara Hicks]], [[Pat Coombs]], [[Robert Dorning]], [[Howard Lang]], [[Hugh Latimer (actor)|Hugh Latimer]] and [[Brian Oulton]].

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Wagg, Stephen. ''Because I Tell a Joke or Two: Comedy, Politics and Social Difference''. Routledge, 2004.

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0161151}}
* {{British Comedy Guide|tv|hms_paradise}}

[[Category:1964 British television series debuts]]
[[Category:1965 British television series endings]]
[[Category:1960s British comedy television series]]
[[Category:ITV sitcoms]]
[[Category:English-language television shows]]
[[Category:Television shows produced by Associated-Rediffusion]]

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