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A fun little adventure with Alastair Sim on form as usual (always watch Sim closely to get the best from his performances). Margaret Rutherford is her usual dippy, wonderful self and a host of other fifties household British names pop up (including Christopher Lee), in this easy to watch little adventure.

Fifty plus years on, it doesn't really matter what the political motivations of the film were, it's an entertaining little story with a beginning, middle and an end.

There's a lot of dross been made since 1953 and this film by no means takes a back seat. Sit back and enjoy.

I was drawn here, because this awful movie is on TV as I write.

I'll keep the griping to a minimum, but I hated just about everything this movie dished up.

I don't hate it quite as much as Independence Day, but it is a very close second, for very many the same reasons.

When making fois gras, the farmer holds the goose's neck and rams a funnel into its beak. Then the farmer pours corn into the funnel, force feeding the goose, very much like many American movies are made and presented today.

And the viewers sit there beaks agape !!!

I was the first contestant on this show and the only one to be caught out. I had a superb day with the BBC at Riverside Studios on the Thames. Spent the afternoon chatting with The Chief Yeoman Warder from the Tower of London. Yes we were kept well away from the panellists during the day, so they would never guess what we did.

Hugh Dennis was a pro, helped us all get over our telly nerves and made us laugh. I never did get chance to say "It's got a good beat" a line uttered often by one of his Mary Whitehouse Experience characters.

The panellists were very nice to us all, especially Amy Lame and Amanda Platell. If you get to see the show, I sincerely hope you enjoy watching as much as I enjoyed making it. Was exhausted at the end of a long day and hit the pub over the road for a well earned pint. Keith Povall