'Allo 'Allo! - Production Details

'Allo 'Allo!. René François Artois (Gorden Kaye). Image credit: British Broadcasting Corporation.

"René Artois, proprietor of Café René in Nazi-occupied France, struggles to keep the business running whilst keeping the resistance and the army happy"

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Comedy Details
Comedy Type:TV Sitcom
Alternate Names:'Allo 'Allo; 'Allo, 'Allo!
Broadcast:Thu 30th December 1982 - Mon 14th December 1992  (BBC1)
Episode Count:85 (pilot + 9 series)
Production Company :British Broadcasting Corporation
Filming Locations:Recorded at BBC Television Centre, BBC Elstree, and on location in Norfolk.
Soundtrack:Theme tune composed by Roy Moore and David Croft.
Laugh Track:YES, Live Audience
Regular Cast
Gorden Kaye ... René François Artois
Carmen Silvera ... Edith Melba Artois
Vicki Michelle ... Yvette Carte-Blanche
Richard Marner ... Colonel Kurt Von Strohm
Kim Hartman ... Private Helga Geerhart
Guy Siner ... Lieutenant Hubert Gruber
Kirsten Cooke ... Michelle Dubois
Richard Gibson ... Herr Otto Flick (Series 1-8)
Rose Hill ... Madame Fanny 'Fifi' Lafanne
David Janson ... Herr Otto Flick (Series 9)
Sam Kelly ... Captain Hans Geering (Series 1-4 & 7)
Francesca Gonshaw ... Maria (Series 1-3)
Jack Haig ... Monsieur Roger LeClerc (Series 1-5)
John D. Collins ... Flt. Lt. Fairfax (Series 1-7)
Nicholas Frankau ... Flt. Lt. Carstairs (Series 1-7)
Hilary Minster ... General Erich Von Klinkerhoffen
Kenneth Connor ... Monsieur Alfonse
Arthur Bostrom ... Officer Crabtree (Series 2-9)
Louis Mansi
(as John Louis Mansi)
... Engelbert Von Smallhausen (Series 2-9)
Sue Hodge ... Mimi Labonq (Series 4-9)
Derek Royle ... Monsieur Ernest LeClerc (Series 6)
Robin Parkinson ... Monsieur Ernest LeClerc (Series 7-9)
Writing Team
Jeremy Lloyd ... Writer
David Croft (I) ... Writer (Series 1-6)
Paul Adam ... Writer (Series 7-9)
Production Team
David Croft (I) ... Director (Series 1-6)
Robin Carr ... Director (Series 3)
Martin Dennis ... Director (Series 4-6)
Susan Belbin ... Director (Series 5)
Richard Boden ... Director (Series 5)
Mike Stephens ... Director (Series 7)
Sue Longstaff ... Director (Series 7)
John B Hobbs
(as John B. Hobbs)
... Director (Series 8-9)
David Croft (I) ... Producer (Series 1-6)
Mike Stephens ... Producer (Series 7)
John B Hobbs
(as John B. Hobbs)
... Producer (Series 8-9)
Janet Budden ... Production Design (Series 1)
David Buckingham ... Production Design (Series 2-5)
Gary Williamson ... Production Design (Series 6)
Roger Harris ... Production Design (Series 7)
John Stout ... Production Design (Series 8)
Shaun Moore ... Production Design (Series 9)
John Dunstan ... Editor (Series 1-4)
Phil Southby ... Editor (Series 2-3)
Chris Wadsworth ... Editor (Series 1-6 & 8-9)
Chris Booth ... Editor (Series 1)
Roger Martin ... Editor (Series 1-2 & 7)
Roy Moore ... Composer
Ed Wooden ... Editor (Series 4)
Rob Poole ... Editor (Series 6)
David Croft (I) ... Composer

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