'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
Streaming rank this week: 682
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Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 29th December 2018Fallen Madonna sells for £15,000 at auction
A portrait made famous in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! has been sold for £15,000.
BBC, 1st December 2018Definitive guide to British comedy since Fawlty Towers
The British are coming, and they want to invade your television. With ... laughter.
Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21st November 2018The Fallen Madonna comes to auction in Bristol
One of the UK's most famous 'Old Master' paintings is coming to auction in Bristol estimated at £5000-8000. 'Allo 'Allo's 'Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies' is to be offered at East Bristol Auctions next month.
Laura Chesters, Antiques Trade Gazette, 16th November 2018'Allo 'Allo: Where are they now?
25 years since the wartime sitcom ended... what became of its stars?
Chortle, 14th December 2017'Allo 'Allo! stars reunite for funeral of Gorden Kaye
Stars of sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! reunited to pay tribute to star Gorden Kaye as his funeral was held.
The actor, who played café owner Rene Francois Artois in the show, died aged 75 on January 23.
His funeral was held in his hometown at Huddersfield Parish Church on Friday.
BBC News, 17th February 2017Allo Allo! stars to attend Gorden Kaye's funeral
Co-star Vicki Michelle said: "We will give him a good farewell, he was such a great man and we will miss him dearly".
Halina Watts, The Mirror, 11th February 2017'Allo 'Allo! star Gorden Kaye dies aged 75
Comedy actor Gorden Kaye, best known for playing René in classic sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, has died aged 75.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd January 2017'Allo 'Allo: classic moments & Gorden Kaye's best bits
Here is look at some of the comedy's classic and funniest moments.
The Telegraph, 23rd January 2017Watching unPC sitcoms should be part of the curriculum
The BBC's remakes of Till Death Us Do Part and Are You Being Served? are only to be appreciated through the filter of irony. But things like It Ain't Half Hot Mum weren't malicious.
James Delingpole, The Spectator, 1st September 2016