studio150
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Is their next production a musical of I was Monty's Double to keep the theme going
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[Misc] Operation Mincemeat - Somewhat Absurd True Story
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Since seeing the show I have become mildly interested in the operation, so I'll check that out. Thanks for the heads up!
I don't suppose there are any delightful farce inspired music hall numbers in the documentary?
The man who paved the way to a 'relatively' unopposed invasion of Sicily. I had a relation fight there with No 3 Commando.
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Barham's tash
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Fixtures
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I got around to watching it last night. It was interesting, and fun seeing the bits of the story that reminded me of bits in the show.
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The Man Who Never Was is on BBC 2 on Saturday afternoon, if anyone is interested.
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The musical is coming back for a short 10 show run!
https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show/operation-mincemeat/
https://southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/show/operation-mincemeat/
I went last night and it was offal.
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Norman Potting
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Operation Fortitude by Joshua Levine is worth a read, describes the deceptions that took place regarding the when and where of D-Day. Also recommend Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare about the various eccentric and brave individuals and the weird and wonderful ways and gadgets used to deceive and sabotage the Third Reich.
dolphins
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Which version of the ...Ungentlemanly Warfare book, Norman? There's two I've found with that title, one by Giles Milton, the other by Damien Lewis...
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The Man Who Never Was has been redone, with a decent cast.
Operation Mincemeat is out in May, with Colin Firth up top.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1879016/.
Operation Mincemeat is out in May, with Colin Firth up top.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1879016/.
Arthritic Toe
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Read this recently. Absolutely fascinating. We were so far ahead of the Germans in the intelligence game which was a crucial part of winning the war. Information from what they called the 'most secret sources' (i.e. the cracking of the enigma machine) shortened the war by years.as the Germans had 100% confidence that it was uncrackable.
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Derek Robinson has written some novels based on the life of this chap https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Pujol_García - been a while since I read them but remember them being entertaining and, if I'm remembering right, quite funny at the time. The Eldorado Network is the first in a trilogy about him.
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Just as a local connection, did you know the chief meteorological officer for D-day who is key in that play, Group Captain James Stagg, retired to Seaford? There's a blue plaque on his house. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stagg
Norman Potting
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Strong Sussex/Ashdown Forest connection with many of these operations were the high masts at Kings Standing code name "Aspidistra". Used for transmitting/intercepting radio signals. Site is still in use by Sussex Police, one rather pathetic mast remains, presumably for Police purposes.
