For those who are at least as old as I am - remember when BBC2 used regularly to show foreign films with English subtitles in the 1970's?
Those days are long gone but it was very welcome to see the Talking Pictures channel screen such a film on Sunday 23rd July, namely Jour du Fete (1949) directed by and starring Jacques Tati, in its original black and white version. Not only a very funny slapstick comedy but also a wonderful portrait of rural France just after WW2. Apart from Tati, the star surely must have been the (uncredited?) woman who may have been born in the 1850's. The American military police also appear in one scene, which suggests that they did not leave France in a hurry after liberation.
One interesting thing that Talking Pictures did was to show a PG certificate of their own before the film started, despite the fact that the film was given a U certificate by the BBFC back in 1949. This may have been due to the mildly dangerous and easily imitable stunts that appear in the film, such as children climbing aboard a moving lorry, or Tati riding his bicycle through a small bonfire. A very enjoyable watch, and I expect there will be a repeat at some point in the near future.