Sorry, who is Jessica Hynes? I assume she is one of the media approved "politically correct" comedians? How shameful that UK history has been sanitised so much Douglas Baders' dog can't be named, but people like her can make cheap shots at people who helped make our history.

Steve, Manchester,

Douglas Bader was a stubborn, pigheaded man BUT he was a war hero he led from the front and was a held in high regard by the men he led and was fearless, rather like Churchill who was a great war leader but not a very good peace time prime minister.

As a equal equality employer the BBC should not be allowing its employees to make jokes about someone's disability. I would like to see one of their namby pambies try to fly a plane with tin legs let alone a fighter and fight a war, attempt escape so many times from the enemy to end up in Colditz Castle and still attempt escape. He was a credit to the RAF the British people and the free world.

The man is dead now and cannot stand up for himself so keep your flippant remarks to your self.

The BBC seem to be always be the centre of controversy at the moment, it is time many of the program makers left their cosseted enviroment and had a propper job and perhaps then realised what the viewers wanted to watch and what real life was abo

Alex Barwick, Maidstone, UK/ Kent

It seems a perfectly reasonable remark, given the nature of the film itself. It seems a safe bet that almost no teenager these days has ever heard of Bader, so why not show it to a random selection of 100 and see how many think it might be a faithful biography? If you're looking for remarks to be offended about, how about "I thought they were hoping for better" about Michael Powell's masterpiece "Peeping Tom?" Although in context, it is a pithy way of shedding light on the difference (alas, now consigned to history) between the people who made movies and the people who paid for them.

Ian Kemmish, Biggleswade, UK

Is the BBC relevant anymore ? Does anyone need it ? If it was a credible organisation then it would be able to stand on its own two feet through advertising and production sales. End the need for a TV licence fee in the process.

peter, Hertford,

Is it not about time that Aunty be laid to rest? It has become obvious that the BBC we all once knew and were proud of, has passed on, and is now being dreadfully imitated by a fake interested in profiting from Aunty's reputation.

The present iteration of the BBC now makes The Sport look like an intellectual publication.

Bob Evans, Anaheim, California