Michael ‘Mad Mike’ Calvert (1913 - 1998) was one of the most colourful and unorthodox characters thrown into prominence by the Second World War. He had an exceptional flair for analysing the unfamiliar and for devising counter-measures. His name will always be linked with the long-range penetration Chindit expeditions into Japanese-occupied Burma led by General Orde Wingate. It was during one such expedition that Calvert took a dip in the Chindwin, only to find that he was not alone. Presenter and voiceover Piers Gibbon reads Calvert’s account of what happened next...