ALLO ALLO : COMPLETE BBC SERIES 3 & 4 [1982]
- No of Discs: 3
- Episodes: 13
- Cert: PG
- Release Date: 16/02/2004
- RRP: £24.99
- Our Price: £11.98
Meet Rene, the most wanted man in Occupied France: Women want his body. The Resistance wants his brain. And the Nazis want his sausage!
In a small café in occupied France the harassed proprietor, Rene, is fighting his own war. With the German Army in residence at the bar, Rene is risking his neck to aid the Resistance by hiding two British airmen and a radio transmitter upstairs. As if this wasn't enough, Rene has also got involved in hiding a priceless painting in a garlic sausage, which even now is being sniffed out by the Gestapo. But Rene's real problem is his wife, Edith, and what she will do to him when she finds out about the affairs he is having with two sexy waitresses!
EPISODES COMPRISE
1. Flick is informed that the Communists have kidnapped his sausage and are demanding a ransom for it. A plan is devised for Rene to pay the ransom then have the Colonel ambush the Communists with his troops to regain the money. (17)
2. Gruber's dog has ended up with the sausage containing the painting, and when Rene talks Gruber into making yet another copy, he ends up getting cut in on the deal. Meanwhile, the stolen lawnmower motor gets hidden in Fanny’s wheelchair. (18)
3. Maria, having been detained by von Klinkerhoffen (with the Fallen Madonna sausage strapped to her bosom) is imprisoned in his chateau. The General subsequently discovers the sausage and hangs it in his closet to cure. (19)
4. The attempt to get the airmen out by antique airplane (with the assistance of suspenders and von Klinkerhoffen's lawnmower motor) is made. Meanwhile, Gruber is given the painting of the Fallen Madonna to copy, even though Rene's mother-in-law has gotten hungry and bitten off the corner with the signature. (20)
5. Rene has hidden The Fallen Madonna on the back of old painting. The General notices that the "old painting" is a van Gogh and confiscates it. The British airmen, meanwhile, have new disguises as a waitress and a street walker. (21)
6. The airmen are in the mortuary, dressed as tarts, waiting to tunnel into the POW camp to hide and get new uniforms. The Fallen Madonna, hidden behind a van Gogh, has been given to Gruber for safe- keeping. (22)
SERIES 4
1. Hans is successful in vaulting over the perimeter fence at the POW camp, so one escape is complete. Gruber and Helga decide they will rescue the rest. Gruber picks them up in a garbage collection truck and drives away. (23)
2. Aided by Gruber, Rene and company dance their way out of the POW camp. We learn that Maria has deposited herself in the mail to escape. She affixes the wrong amount of postage, is sent only as far as Switzerland and is never seen again. (24)
3. Rene interviews applicants for Maria’s old job, but Michelle appoints Mimi, a fanatical Resistance colleague. Captain Bertorelli joins the Colonel’s command as Liaison Officer for the Italians. (25)
4. The news is that the Germans are about to invade England. Flick, suspecting the Colonel and von Klinkerhoffen of plotting to assassinate Hitler, infiltrates the Colonel’s office to plant a bug. (26)
5. The secret radio is being powered by a tandem dynamo until stolen submarine batteries can arrive. The spy camera sent from London has fallen into a vineyard where the peasants are currently refusing to work for fear of being shot by the Communists. (27)
6. Several of our cast come up with plans to attempt to rescue Herr Flick from the dungeon of Von Klinkerhoffen. Meanwhile, Flick is on the rack and Edith succeeds in blowing up a portion of Nouvion. (28)
PRODUCT DETAILS
- Directors: David Croft
- Format: PAL
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Studio: BBC
- Run Time: 6hrs 59mins
