'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 7, Episode 4 repeated at 6pm on U&Drama
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Series 3 - Flight Of Fancy
The resistance's plans to return the airmen to England by catapulting them - with the aid of 200ft of knicker elastic - in an antique aircraft toward Dover, are put into motion. Meanwhile, Gruber sets about copying the Fallen Madonna, and the rest of Nouvion prepares for the vintage transport show arranged to disguise the escape attempt.
Further details
The attempt to get the airmen out by antique aeroplane (with the assistance of suspenders and Von Klinkerhoffen's lawnmower motor) is made. Meanwhile, Gruber is given the painting of the Fallen Madonna to copy, even though René's mother-in-law has got hungry and bitten off the corner with the signature.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Friday 26th December 1986
- Time
- 7:35pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 44 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 |
| Arthur Bostrom | Officer Crabtree |
| Sherry Louise Plant | Lisette |
| Trevor T. Smith | Orderly |
| Len Keyes | Old Man |
| Robert Aldous | French Peasant |
| Paul Cooper | 'London Calling' (Voice) |
| Philip McInnerny | Wing Co. Hargreaves (Voice) |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Writer |
| David Croft | Writer |
| David Croft | Director |
| Robin Carr | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| John Dunstan | Editor |
| Phil Southby | Editor |
| David Buckingham | Production Designer |