Very Important Person

Comedy set in World War Two, starring James Robertson-Justice and Leslie Phillips. Sir Ernest Pease (Robertson-Justice) is a self-important scientist who is sent undercover on a bombing mission to monitor the effectiveness of his latest invention, a new-fangled radar. When the plane is attacked, he parachutes to safety - only to be sent to a POW camp, where he takes on the alias of Lieutenant Farrow. There, the somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits suspect their acerbic new fellow prisoner of being a spy, and all sorts of culture clashes and misunderstandings ensue.

Top Billed Cast

James Robertson Justice

Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN

Leslie Phillips

Jimmy Cooper

Stanley Baxter

'Jock' Everett / Kommondant Stamfel

Eric Sykes

Willoughby, Sports Officer

John Le Mesurier

Piggott, Escape Officer