Peter Capaldi used his Oscar to try to get an upgrade on a flight

We've all been there (I once wore a suit and dropped copious hints about a honeymoon in an attempt to get an upgrade from my economy seats on a flight – we got a cake). But you'd expect that flashing your Oscar really would be enough to land you a first class ticket.

That was certainly Peter Capaldi's thinking on his way back from picking up a statuette for his short film in 1995 (yep, that happened).