"'Allo 'Allo!" (1982)TV series 1982-1992

Creators:

David Croft
Jeremy Lloyd
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Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Release Date:

30 December 1982 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | War

Plot:

René Artois runs a small café in France during World War II. He always seems to have his hands full: He's having affairs with most of his waitresses...

Plot Keywords:

Onion | Colonel | Cult TV | German Army | Italian Army

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Gorden Kaye	...	René Artois (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Carmen Silvera	...	Edith Artois (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Vicki Michelle	...	Yvette Carte-Blanche (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Richard Marner	...	Colonel Kurt von Strohm (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Kim Hartman	...	Private Helga Geerhart / ... (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Guy Siner	...	Lieutenant Hubert Gruber (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Kirsten Cooke	...	Michelle Dubois (82 episodes, 1982-1992)
Richard Gibson	...	Herr Otto Flick (79 episodes, 1982-1992)
Rose Hill	...	Madame Fanny (78 episodes, 1982-1992)
Arthur Bostrom	...	Officer Crabtree (74 episodes, 1985-1992)
John D. Collins	...	Flying Officer Fairfax (64 episodes, 1982-1992)
Nicholas Frankau	...	Flying Officer Carstairs (64 episodes, 1982-1992)
Louis Mansi	...	Herr Engelbert von Smallhausen (63 episodes, 1985-1992)
Sue Hodge	...	Mimi Labonq (62 episodes, 1987-1992)
Kenneth Connor	...	Monsieur Alfonse (62 episodes, 1984-1992)
Hilary Minster	...	General Erich von Klinkerhoffen (59 episodes, 1984-1992)
Jack Haig	...	Roger Leclerc (51 episodes, 1982-1989)

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Series Directed by
David Croft		(29 episodes, 1982-1989)
John B. Hobbs		(13 episodes, 1992)
Martin Dennis		(11 episodes, 1987-1989)
Robin Carr		(5 episodes, 1986-1987)
Susan Belbin		(5 episodes, 1988)
Sue Longstaff		(5 episodes, 1991)
Mike Stephens		(5 episodes, 1991)

Series Writing credits
David Croft		(66 episodes, 1982-1992)
Jeremy Lloyd		(66 episodes, 1982-1992)
Paul Adam		(24 episodes, 1991-1992)

Series Produced by
David Croft	....	producer (38 episodes, 1982-1988)
John B. Hobbs	....	producer (14 episodes, 1991-1992)
Mike Stephens	....	producer (10 episodes, 1991)

Series Original Music by
Roy Moore		(1 episode, 1987)
David Croft		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Max Samett		(21 episodes, 1984-1987)

Series Film Editing by
John Dunstan		(22 episodes, 1982-1987)

Series Production Design by
David Buckingham		(30 episodes, 1985-1988)
Janet Budden		(6 episodes, 1984)

Series Costume Design by
Christian Dyall		(17 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jackie Southern		(7 episodes, 1984)
Jacqueline Parry		(6 episodes, 1985)
Anna Stubley		(6 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Makeup Department
Benita Barrell	....	makeup artist (13 episodes, 1985-1987)
Anne Rayment	....	makeup designer (12 episodes, 1988)
Helen Barrett	....	makeup artist (7 episodes, 1984)
Lisa Pickering	....	makeup artist / makeup designer (7 episodes, 1987-1988)

Series Production Management
Martin Dennis	....	production manager (20 episodes, 1984-1988)
Susan Belbin	....	production manager (8 episodes, 1982-1984)
Ian Strachan	....	production manager (7 episodes, 1988)
Nick Jowitt	....	production manager (6 episodes, 1988)
Simon Spencer	....	production manager (5 episodes, 1987)

Series Art Department
John Watts	....	properties buyer (7 episodes, 1985)
Pauline Seager	....	properties buyer (7 episodes, 1988)
Brenda Barker	....	properties buyer (6 episodes, 1984)
Paul Richmond	....	properties buyer (6 episodes, 1987)
Chris Ferriday	....	properties buyer (5 episodes, 1986-1987)
Roger Williams	....	properties buyer (4 episodes, 1988)

Series Sound Department
John Mooney	....	sound (72 episodes, 1982-1991)
Chris Shellard	....	deputy sound supervisor (62 episodes, 1985-1991)
Michael McCarthy	....	sound / sound supervisor (32 episodes, 1982-1988)
Michael Spencer	....	sound (10 episodes, 1985-1987)
Terry Elms	....	sound (6 episodes, 1984)
Len Shorey	....	sound (3 episodes, 1987)
Tony Philpot	....	sound (2 episodes, 1987)

Series Special Effects by
Chris Reynolds	....	special effects technician (2 episodes, 1985)

Series Visual Effects by
Steve Lucas	....	visual effects designer (9 episodes, 1986-1988)
Colin Gorry	....	visual effects designer / visual effects supervisor (6 episodes, 1987)
Robert Thomas	....	visual effects designer (6 episodes, 1988)
Ted Grumbt	....	visual effects (5 episodes, 1984)
Colin Mapson	....	visual effects (2 episodes, 1985)

Series Stunts
Bernard Barnsley	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Stuart Fell	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Chrissy Monk	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Denise Ryan	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Stuart St. Paul	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Nick Wilkinson	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Duncan Brown	....	lighting technician / lighting director (31 episodes, 1982-1988)
Ken Major	....	camera supervisor / camera operator (28 episodes, 1984-1988)
Stuart Lindley	....	camera supervisor (7 episodes, 1988)
Alan Jeffery	....	lighting technician (4 episodes, 1986-1987)

Series Editorial Department
Angela Beveridge	....	vision mixer (39 episodes, 1982-1988)
Chris Wadsworth	....	editor: video tape (21 episodes, 1984-1988)
Phil Southby	....	editor: video tape (8 episodes, 1982-1987)
Roger Martin	....	editor: video tape (4 episodes, 1984-1985)
Ed Wooden	....	editor: video tape (3 episodes, 1987)
Chris Booth	....	editor: video tape (2 episodes, 1984)

Series Music Department
Roy Moore	....	music associate (1 episode, 1986)

Series Other crew
Bernadette Darnell	....	production team / production assistant (32 episodes, 1984-1988)
Roy Gould	....	production team (13 episodes, 1984-1987)
Jim Cook	....	technical coordinator (12 episodes, 1988)
Charles Garland	....	assistant floor manager / production team / ... (11 episodes, 1986-1988)
Arch Dyson	....	production team (10 episodes, 1985-1987)
Penny Thompson	....	production assistant / production team (7 episodes, 1982-1988)
Simon Spencer	....	production team (6 episodes, 1985)
Jackie Wright	....	production team (6 episodes, 1985)
John Gorringe	....	assistant floor manager (4 episodes, 1988)
Kenn Oldfield	....	choreographer / dance staged by (3 episodes, 1984-1987)
Sarah Gowers	....	assistant floor manager (2 episodes, 1988)
Richard Philipps	....	technical coordinator (2 episodes, 1988)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1982-1992) (UK) (TV) (original airing)
• BBC Video (worldwide) (video)
• Pan Vision Oy (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (199?-) (Netherlands) (TV) (reruns) (RTL5) (RTL7)
• Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS) (19??-????) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

UK:30 min (85 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Australia:PG | UK:PG | Finland:S | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Hilary Minster, who played General von Klinkerhoffen, also appeared (as Hauptmann Muller) in "Secret Army" (1977), from which "'Allo 'Allo!" (1982) was derived. Richard Marner (Col. von Strohm) and Guy Siner (Lt. Grüber) also played small roles in "Secret Army" (1977).

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The sub-machine guns used by Michelle and the Resistance girls in various episodes are Stirlings, which were not produced until 1953.

Quotes:

René: [to wife Edith] Youuuuuu stupid woman!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hitler: The Comedy Years (2007) (TV)

Childhood AND adult memories...

This show was a staple in Saturday night entertainment here in Norway from the mid 1980's and up into the late 1990's, and considering most of them were re-runs, I in the end felt almost persecuted by this show (would they EVER stop sending that show on Saturday??). It was funny but never THAT funny, or at least so I thought, because when I got into my twenties and the show vanished from Norwegian television - low and behold - I went and ordered the 3 first seasons of the internet! So I guess I was more addicted to it than I cared to admit at first :)

The basic idea of making fun of Nazis never seem to grow old, or in the case of this show: making fun of the Gestapo. The rest of the Germans come off as almost sympathetic and lovable at times, but I mean: how can anyone hate the closet-gay officer Lt. Gruber and his "little tank"? The show is really classic comedy, especially in the way that much of the laughs rely heavily on the fun of repeated catchphrases ("It is I, Leclerc!" - "Good moaning!" "Listen carefully, I shall say this only once" etc) and some truly crazy antics. It IS at times *very* funny and some of the goings-on in this German occupied French village really has to be seen to be believed!

One of my favorite characters is Officer Crabtree, a British undercover-agent posing as a French police-officer, which is quite impressive considering his French makes Inspector Closeau sound like a professor in linguistics. One of his lines that has followed me since I was about 14 was "The French pissants are hiding in the German shiteu" (you figure it out).

So there you have it, if you like the subject of WWII and British comedy "Allo Allo" should be your 'cap of toe' (as Officer Crabtree probably would call it).