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The Chocolate Frog Sailors


30 episodes


Synopsis:

Learning to grow-up on the fly a long way from home: With a passion for the navy, young and naive 16 year old Barney joins his first ship direct from training and is thrown headlong into a man's man world, foolishly bye-passing adolescence in his hunger to be one of the boys. Funny: rude: crude: innocent: loving: full of pathos for those growing up and also the ones who have grown up...


Language: English

Format: Audio Book

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Episodes:

Episode 30

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:47:14 +0000

Onward to Australia, the Philippines and ... or where?


Episode 29

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 14:17:20 +0000

The night life in Kagoshima isn't quite what anybody expected. A real Japanese culture shock for all.


Episode 28

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 13:46:35 +0000

A weeks leave in Hong Kong with Aunty Maud and Uncle Jinsky. How the other side live and what it can bring.


Episode 27

Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:59:19 +0000

Deigo Lankowi gives them an idealic background for a banyan of banyans. The naked breasts come into view.


Episode 26

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:17:50 +0000

Barney gets his first taste of business but he has no idea what he is learning and neither do Customs and Excise.


Episode 25

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:32:24 +0000

"Don't bother going ashore in Cochin" the captain advised - there is nothing to do - so save your money for Hong Kong. Good advice or bad?


Episode 24

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:21:36 +0000

A football match that ends in unusual circumstances of language! Barney learns the meaning of regional accents.


Episode 23

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:58:25 +0000

The Ugly Board starts to be created and the hardy tars prepare to enter the eye of the storm.


Episode 22

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:07:58 +0000

A New Year's Night never ever to forget. Barney now knows what emotional hurt really means.


Episode 21

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:28:44 +0000

Peppy puts his bottom to the wall and gets criticesed for it.


Episode 20

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:56:19 +0000

Real love always comes from a very unexpected angle.


Episode 19

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 21:23:43 +0000

Annie's Bar in Sembawang Village takes to the New Zealand rugby field and not many tries are scored!


Episode 18

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:33:57 +0000

An unusual postal delivery "You All!" A pantomime at sea for Christmas sets the mess a glowing with nostalgia.


Episode 17

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:58:30 +0000

Tug tries to sink the ship from the inside. Barney gets a dose of inflamation.


Episode 16

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:56:33 +0000

The formidable Crater City of Aden


Episode 15

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:17:41 +0000

A tragic and sad farewell to a good friend.


Episode 14

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:52:59 +0000

Henry, Peppy and Barney set out on a very memorable run ashore in Mombasa.


Episode 13

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:28:53 +0000

Dodo meets Zoe and there is a lot of sex education to be had by the boys.


Episode 12

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 16:04:23 +0000

Barney feeds the gulls that follow Conway in her wake. Mombasa gives the first glimmer of naked breast


Episode 11

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:30:44 +0000

Conway goes to the rescue of a Merchantman, The Isle of Dunray, in distress.


Episode 10

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:45:39 +0000

At long last Conway heads for the Far East and naked breast. First stop The med, Gib and Malta.


Episode 09

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:21:50 +0000

An exciting 'ugly night' doesn't quite turn out so ugly after all.


Episode 08

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:50:11 +0000

Dodo finds himself in trouble on top of the funnel. Peppy has his own arse kicked by a future father-in-law.


Episode 07

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:13:38 +0000

Did he really want to know what a cake and arse party was?


Episode 06

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:28:16 +0000

Barney is offered help by Mizzy at the forthcoming party


Episode 05

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 06:06:16 +0000

The journey of the rum as it travels from the barrel in the Spirt Room to the tot glass, every day to every man entitled. A story worth telling, except to the men not entitled. Barney was not entitled, unfortunately.


Episode 04

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:50:26 +0000

A funny way to learn about how the navy handles a nuclear attack. The fate-full Commissioning Ceremony and Cocktail party.


Episode 03

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:20:02 +0000

Meeting the rest of the new crew. His first run ashore and an eye opening intro to his fellow messmates.


Episode 02

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:00:00 +0000

So much to learn: About the ship, the navy, other men, rum, bum and backy.


Episode 01

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:00:00 +0000

Barney has a rude awakening when joining his first ship: He is expecting to sail the next day to far off distant lands but finds the ship still in build with a skeleton crew and a lot of learning to do.