'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 1 repeated at 6pm on U&Drama
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Series 5, Episode 23 - An Enigma Variation
When the paintings are hidden inside a hollowed-out statue that is then requisitioned by the General, it falls on René and co to infiltrate one of Klinkerhoffen's parties and snatch them back.
Further details
René hides his gold in the cuckoo clock, then at the Colonel's order disguises himself and his Resistance friends as a string quartet to play at the Officer's dance. Flick and Von Smallhausen attend the same dance disguised as maids.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 4th February 1989
- Time
- 6:45pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 25 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 |
| Jack Haig | Monsieur Roger LeClerc |
| Hilary Minster | General Erich Von Klinkerhoffen |
| Kenneth Connor | Monsieur Alfonse |
| Arthur Bostrom | Officer Crabtree |
| Louis Mansi (as John Louis Mansi) | Engelbert Von Smallhausen |
| Gavin Richards | Captain Alberto Bertorelli |
| Sue Hodge | Mimi Labonq |
| Ken Morley | General Leopold Von Flockenstuffen |
| Fred Bryant | German General |
| Paul Cooper | 'London Calling' (Voice) |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Writer |
| David Croft | Writer |
| Richard Boden | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| Chris Wadsworth | Editor |
| David Buckingham | Production Designer |