Q Planes (with Matthew J. Elliott and Ian Potter)

What, you ask yourself (if there's nobody else around to ask), is a Q Plane? Well, there's only one place where you can find the answer... probably. You certainly won't find it in this movie. 

Set in 1939 (which is hugely convenient, because that's also when it was filmed), you'll believe a knight can fly, as Sir Laurence Olivier plays maverick test pilot Tony McVane, whose ego is busy writing checks his body can't etc, etc. Sir Larry somehow fails to be kidnapped by dastardly enemy spies, along with all his fellow pilots. Luckily, there's another peer of the realm on hand to clear up the whole business, and so Sir Ralph Richardson is put on the case, a job that requires him to remain firmly on the ground, never once coming close to figuring out what the hell a Q Plane is. 

Come with us on an adventure that makes Thunderball look like a drizzly barn dance as we head back to an age when dames talked fast, accents were clipped, cameras were undercranked and the British secret service was barely chinned. 

Q Planes! A vintage tale of twits versus Nazis, but who on Earth should we root for in this bygone age? 

CONTENT WARNING: May contain inaccurate binocular POV shots.