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'Allo 'Allo!. Image shows from L to R: Edith Melba Artois (Carmen Silvera), René François Artois (Gorden Kaye), Yvette Carte-Blanche (Vicki Michelle). Copyright: BBC
'Allo 'Allo!

'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.

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Vicki Michelle on cyst: I lied about cancer scare

Just three weeks before going into the jungle, the former 'Allo 'Allo! star had been told she had a cyst "the size of a small rugby ball" on her ovary.

Halina Watts, The Mirror, 2nd January 2015

Vicki Michelle: I earned just 220 a go for 'Allo 'Allo

Playing the role of Yvette was, as Gordon Kaye, my late co-star said, my pension. We weren't paid that well for the actual filming - around £220 per episode with only 10 per cent increases on fee year-on-year until we all stuck together and said we wanted to be paid more. Now I get money from the repeats but it is very variable.

Roz Lewis, The Telegraph, 20th July 2014

Vicki Michelle interview

Vicki Michelle, the familiar star of stage and screen, best known as 'Yvette' in long-running British sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!, talks to Digital Journal about her current projects.

Adrian Peel, Digital Journal, 28th October 2013

'Allo 'Allo! star Vicki Michelle's role of a lifetime

Vicki Michelle has experienced the highs and the lows of the acting world her entire career. As the story goes, Michelle, who struggled in the business for several years, gave it up to launch her own employment agency. She then got a call asking her to audition for one last role, a role for which British comedy fans will know her for forever, the sexy French waitress Yvette in comedy 'Allo 'Allo!

Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 11th June 2012

Video: David Croft discusses complexity of 'Allo 'Allo

With the passing of David Croft on Sunday, 27 September, at age 89, more from our 1999 interview for the public television program, Salute to British Comedy on American Public Television. When host Penelope Keith introduces the 'Allo 'Allo! segment, we come to realize that the series was not only complex for the audience, but for both David Croft and co-creator/writer, Jeremy Lloyd. As you'll see, thank goodness David Croft's secretary was able to follow the plot line.

Bill Young, Tellyspotting, 29th September 2011

Remembering John Louis Mansi

Suite 101 looks at the life of the actor best-known for his role as the put-upon Von Smallhausen in much-loved BBC wartime sitcom, 'Allo! 'Allo!

Adrian Peel, Suite 101, 23rd March 2011

Comedy Today: Richard Gibson's View

Suite 101 caught up with Richard "Herr Flick" Gibson to discuss modern comedy, and why he thinks it is that they just don't make 'em like they used to.

Adrian Peel, Suite 101, 12th February 2011

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