a crucial wartime spy tale that is well worth watching." The Goon Show parody The BBC's radio comedy show, The Goon Show, made a send-up of the story of The Man Who Never Was (based on the book) and incorporated most of the regular Goon Show characters. Written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens, the first version of the script formed two-thirds of the episode broadcast on 31 March 1953, before the film's release, with the first third comprising a separate sketch. Like most of these early episodes, this no longer exists. Milligan and Stephens later wrote a full-length version which was broadcast on 20 March 1956. Milligan later revised this script for the episode broadcast on 17 February 1958. Both of the later versions have been issued on CD sets. Coincidentally, Peter Sellers (one of the Goons) provided the voice of Winston Churchill in the film, although the character did not appear in the Goon Show adaptation. See also Operation Mincemeat (film) References External links Operation Mincemeat 1956 films 1950s spy thriller films 1956 war films British war films Films directed by Ronald Neame Films set in 1943 Films set in Spain Films set in London CinemaScope films Royal Navy in World War II films World War II spy films MI5 in fiction British spy thriller films Films shot in London Films shot in Spain World War II films based on actual events 20th Century Fox films Films with screenplays by Nigel Balchin 1950s English-language films 1950s British films