But were you taught it in a musical form jam-packed with one liners that never failed to make you laugh? Unlikely.

The UK tour of Operation Mincemeat has arrived at Norwich Theatre Royal, transporting audiences back to the height of the Second World War.

As MI5 explored strategies to deceive Hitler and make him think the British were going to invade Sardinia instead of Sicily, Charles Cholmondeley came up with a bizarre plot.

Holly Sumpton as Ewen Montagu. (Image: Matt Crocket)

Involving a dead body, a fake love letter and a........

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