The authorities in a bankrupt European state set up a fictitious space programme to generate quick cash from investors. Funds from America and Russia soon arrive to help them put a man on the moon, but events heat up when they discover their national export - wine - makes excellent rocket fuel, launching them into the space race for real. Satirical comedy sequel to The Mouse That Roared, starring Margaret Rutherford, Ron Moody, Bernard Cribbins and Terry-Thomas.

Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. To get the money necessary to put in a new set of plumbing, they request foreign aid from the U.S. for Space Research. The Russians then send aid as well to show that they too are for the internationalization of space. While the grand Duke is dreaming of hot baths, their one scientist is slapping together a rocket. The U.S. and Soviets get wind of the impending launch and try and beat them to the moon.