The series was based on the rivalry between the Marines and the Royal Navy.
Jack Hylton, who had an exclusive contract to provide Associated-Rediffusion's entertainment programmes, was keen to mirror the success of Granada's sitcom The Army Game.
Tell It to the Marines was created by Ted Willis, who had created the police drama Dixon of Dock Green, and the theme music by jazz musician Chris Barber.
[1][2] Tell It to the Marines aired every week from September 1959 to April 1960 on Wednesdays, mostly at 7.00pm.
[1] Due to the archival policies of the time, all 30 episodes have been wiped and none are known to survive.