'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 6, Episode 7 repeated Saturday at 10pm on U&Yesterday
Press clippings
BBC classics beat January blues
BBC Studios has revealed that 122 years-worth of classic comedy was watched on its official BBC Comedy Greats YouTube channel last January.
British Comedy Guide, 20th January 2025Aisling Bea did a dissertation on 'Allo 'Allo!, is writing TV pilot
Aisling Bea is writing a new television pilot, as the French and philosophy graduate has revealed that she wrote her university dissertation on the long-running BBC One sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
British Comedy Guide, 13th January 2025'Allo 'Allo! could not be made today because people won't accept "funny Nazis", claims Ross Noble
The comedian said on Rob Brydon's podcast that he's not sure "mining the Gestapo for comedy" would appeal to modern audiences.
India McTaggart, The Telegraph, 10th January 2025Classic UK TV sitcoms transfer to stage - and thrill the superfans
Fawlty Towers, The Fast Show, Only Fools And Horses ... the vogue for screen-to-stage shows taps into our need for nostalgia.
Rachel Aroesti, The Observer, 11th February 2024TV sitcoms give clues to why Brits voted for Brexit
Sitcoms such as 'Allo 'Allo!, Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers could explain Brexit, an academic has claimed. Historian Gavin Schaffer says the comedies offer a way to understand the political cultures that led to the seismic vote to leave Europe - reflecting the British public's ambivalence towards Europe and their desire to stand apart from the reset of the continent.
University of Birmingham, 3rd July 2023BBC Four to repeat comedy classics
To link in with the celebrations of 100 years of the BBC, from Saturday 22nd October BBC Four will begin broadcasting classic episodes of sitcoms and sketch shows.
British Comedy Guide, 14th October 2022'Allo 'Allo! star Francesca Gonshaw stood in council election
Francesca Gonshaw, who played waitress Maria in 'Allo 'Allo!, stood for the Liberal Democrats in Westminster. Sadly, her celebrity didn't impress voters, and she came sixth with just 371 votes.
Chortle, 7th May 2022Do you really need to be protected from 'Allo 'Allo?
Yet another much-loved sitcom has been slapped with a content warning.
Tim Dawson, Spiked, 9th August 2021BritBox slaps another content warning on 'Allo 'Allo!
Streaming service BritBox has issued another warning about "outdated" content in the classic French resistance sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!.
Henna Sharma, The Sun, 5th August 2021No good comedy will survive the progressive purge
Comedy is cancelled. Or rather, comedy that doesn't "reflect the times" is cancelled, which in practice is the same thing. According to the BBC, Little Britain will no longer be available on iPlayer because "times have changed". Netflix has followed suit, adding Matt Lucas and David Walliams' other recent hit, Come Fly with Me, as well as The League Of Gentlemen to the banned list for good measure.
Tim Dawson, The Telegraph, 11th June 2020