'Allo 'Allo!
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1982 - 1992
- 85 episodes (9 series)
René Artois, proprietor of Café René in Nazi-occupied France, struggles to keep the business running whilst keeping the resistance and the army happy. Stars Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Richard Marner, Kim Hartman and more.
- Series 5, Episode 23 repeated at 6pm on U&Drama
Streaming rank this week: 780
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Series 1, Episode 2 - Pigeon Post
Messenger pigeons are sent for when the Captain and the Colonel need new uniforms; the only way to get them without arousing too much suspicion is to put an order in at Saville Row!
Further details
Fearful of being caught in the German uniforms and being shot as spies, the British airmen burn those uniforms. This reduces Colonel von Strom and Captain Goering to dressing as French onion-sellers.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 14th September 1984
- Time
- 7:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Gorden Kaye | René François Artois |
| Carmen Silvera | Edith Melba Artois |
| Vicki Michelle | Yvette Carte-Blanche |
| Richard Marner | Colonel Kurt Von Strohm |
| Kim Hartman | Private Helga Geerhart |
| Guy Siner | Lieutenant Hubert Gruber |
| Kirsten Cooke | Michelle Dubois |
| Richard Gibson | Herr Otto Flick |
| Rose Hill | Madame Fanny 'Fifi' Lafanne |
| Sam Kelly | Captain Hans Geering |
| Francesca Gonshaw | Maria |
| Jack Haig | Monsieur Roger LeClerc |
| John D. Collins | Flt. Lt. Fairfax |
| Nicholas Frankau | Flt. Lt. Carstairs |
| Denise Kelly | Maquis Leader |
| Phoebe Scholfield | Henriette (Michelle's Assistant) |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Writer |
| David Croft | Writer |
| David Croft | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| John Dunstan | Editor |
| Chris Booth | Editor |
| Janet Budden | Production Designer |