Inaccuracy isn't confined to American cinema, it's just easier to point the finger in their direction since they make more movies than we do.

Many Brit classics, think 'Zulu' and 'Lawrence of Arabia', romanticised and bent the truth a little for the sake of characterisation and drama.

There was a recent film, actually, that took things a little too far, 'Churchill: The Hollywood Years,' but i'm sure it was purely tongue in cheek

.... i hope