ALLO ALLO - BBC SERIES 1 & 2 BOX SET [1982]

SERIES 1
1. The Village of Nouvion in Occupied France, 1941. Two escaping British airmen are sent by the French Resistance to hide in Rene’s Café, a small dining establishment. But nobody at Rene’s speaks any English, and no one is ready for the intrigue that follows. (1)

2. Enter Herr Flick of the Gestapo, who begins to investigate the disappearance of a valuable painting, The Fallen Madonna. Why are Colonel von Strom and Captain Goering lending their uniforms to the British airmen? (2)

3. Fearful of being caught in the German uniforms and being shot as spies, the British airmen burn those uniforms. This reduces Colonel von Strom and Captain Goering to dressing as French onion-sellers. (3)

4. Still disguised as onion-sellers, the Colonel and Captain are waiting on tailors in London (under direction of the Resistance) to sew them new uniforms. But Herr Flick is looking to infiltrate the ranks of the onion sellers. (4)

5. Rene is on his way to blow up the railway, which Captain Goering has already destroyed accidentally. Rene is captured by General von Klinkerhoffen, who demands of Colonel von Strom that Rene be shot. Lieutenant Gruber gives the command to fire! (5)

6. After Rene’s supposed execution, Herr Flick insists that his funeral be attended by senior officers to seek out the members of the Resistance. Rene has come back as his own twin brother, also named Rene, who now must plan for his own burial. (6)

7. In retaliation for the killing of Rene, the Communists kidnap the Colonel and the Captain. Luckily, in the process of escaping the Communists with the assistance of the Gaullist Resistance, the officers manage to get back The Fallen Madonna. (7)

8. The Germans celebrate the burning of the Reichstag (by having the young girls of Nouvion dress as Hitler Youth and perform Bavarian dances). Meanwhile, Rene and Edith don disguises to attempt to substitute a forgery of The Fallen Madonna for the real painting. (8)

SERIES 2
1. Herr Flick now has not only The Fallen Madonna, but two forged copies as well. Rene thinks that things around the café are returning to what passes for normal when the escaping British airmen turn up again, this time disguised as nuns. (9)

2. Bad news for Flick. Hitler wants his painting. Flick decides to conceal the real painting inside a sausage in Rene’s café and send Der Fuhrer one of the forgeries. The airmen now conceal themselves in a cow costume to try to escape. (10)

3. British Intelligence send in Officer Crabtree disguised as a French Policeman to help the airmen. He parachutes into the top of a tree just as the duo, still disguised as a cow, are attempting to escape. (11)

4. Rene and the Captain take Gruber’s armored car in an attempt to blow up the train containing the sausage with the forged painting on its way to Hitler. Meanwhile, Edith is courted by Mssr. Alphonse, but she decides to marry Rene instead. (12)

5. Mssr. Alphonse is mortally insulted that Edith would chose Rene over him and challenges Rene to a duel with pistols. The Colonel helps Rene in his predicament by ordering troop maneuvers at the site of the duel. (13)

6. The Colonel and Captain are imprisoned by Herr Flick who wants to learn the whereabouts of the real painting. Rene and company sew together a balloon from knickers they have been stealing all around Nouvion, that balloon to take the British airmen away. (14)

• Directors: David Croft
• Format: PAL
• Language: English
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Studio: BBC
• Run Time: 7hrs 29mins