#86 In the Navy (BONUS EPISODE)

Oh What A Time...

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Comedy, History, Education

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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We'll be back next week but until then, we have one final bonus subscriber episode for you to enjoy: this time, on the subject of the navy.

BUT CRUCIALLY, DON'T FORGET! The comedy history podcast that has spent as much time talking about the invention of custard as it has the industrial revolution is here with its first ever live show! Thursday 15th January at the Underbelly Boulevard in London’s Soho.

🎟 Tickets are on sale now: https://underbellyboulevard.com/tickets/oh-what-a-time/

And in huge news, Oh What A Time is now on Patreon! From content you’ve never heard before to the incredible Oh What A Time chat group, there’s so much more OWAT to be enjoyed!

On our Patreon you’ll now find:

•The full archive of bonus episodes

•Brand new bonus episodes each month

•OWAT subscriber group chats

•Loads of extra perks for supporters of the show

•PLUS ad-free episodes earlier than everyone else

Join us at 👉 patreon.com/ohwhatatime

And as a special thank you for joining, use the code CUSTARD for 25% off your first month.

So.. Onto this episode which was first broadcast to subscribers in December 2024:

In another subscriber special, Tom Craine has been exploring the reality of life in the navy; from being kidnapped on a night out and thrown aboard a ship, incredible rum rations, right through to sharing a ship with hundreds of rats - it’s all here.

If you’d like to ping us an email on this our anything else, you can send one in via: hello@ohwhatatime.com

Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice?

Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk).

Chris, Elis and Tom x

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0:00.0	Oh, what a time is now on Patreon. You can get main feed episodes before everyone else, ad free,
0:06.4	plus access to our full archive of bonus content, two bonus episodes every month, early access
0:11.9	to live show tickets and access to the Oh Water Time group chat. Plus, if you become an Oh Water
0:16.9	Time All-Timer, myself, Tom and Ellis will riff on your name to postulate where else in history you might have popped up.
0:23.8	For all your options, you can go to patreon.com forward slash oh what a time.
0:28.9	Hello and welcome back to Oh What a Time. We're still on our Christmas New Year break,
0:33.2	but we have another old subscriber special for you. This is number 86 in the Navy from December 2024.
0:41.0	But Tom and L, there is huge news afoot, isn't there?
0:45.7	Oh, big time.
0:46.9	Now then, I loved Charlie Chaplin's films,
0:50.9	but what do I really wish I'd seen?
0:53.0	That's right, His live performances.
0:55.4	Yeah.
0:56.4	Because Charlie Chaplin, amazingly, he started gig in.
0:58.6	I think he was 11 when he started doing gigs.
1:00.8	Really?
1:01.5	Yeah, he was in a, he performed in a show called the Eight Lancashire Lads.
1:07.7	He was like the Jack Whitel of his time.
1:10.0	Yeah, a dance dance troupe with whom he toured for two years.
1:14.0	It's funny that, eight Lancashire lads, I know exactly what that show is immediately.
1:18.4	Yes, yes, me too, absolutely.
1:20.9	But we are slightly less predictable than that with our live shows.
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