'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 8, Episode 1 repeated tomorrow at 10:20pm on U&Yesterday
Streaming rank this week: 743
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Series 7, Episode 5 - The Gestapo Ruins A Picnic
After discovering a call-to-arms poster from the resistance in the town square, the General instructs Von Klinkerhoffen to reopen Nouvion's newspaper as a propaganda tool - with René installed as puppet editor under Gruber's command.
Further details
General von Klinkerhoffen re-opens the local newspaper as a propaganda sheet with a very reluctant René as its editor. Michelle now plans to build a raft to float the airmen to England.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 9th February 1991
- Time
- 6:25pm
- 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 |
| John D. Collins | Flt. Lt. Fairfax |
| Nicholas Frankau | Flt. Lt. Carstairs |
| Hilary Minster | General Erich Von Klinkerhoffen |
| Kenneth Connor | Monsieur Alfonse |
| Arthur Bostrom | Officer Crabtree |
| Louis Mansi (as John Louis Mansi) | Engelbert Von Smallhausen |
| Sue Hodge | Mimi Labonq |
| Robin Parkinson | Monsieur Ernest LeClerc |
| Roger Kitter | Captain Alberto Bertorelli |
| Roger Hammond | Monk |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Writer |
| Paul Adam | Writer |
| Mike Stephens | Director |
| Mike Stephens | Producer |
| Roger Martin | Editor |
| Roger Harris | Production Designer |
| Roy Moore | Composer |
| David Croft | Composer |