'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.
- Series 5, Episode 16 repeated Sunday at 8pm on U&Yesterday
Streaming rank this week: 444
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Series 4, Episode 1 - Prisoners Of War
It is 1941 and René, Edith, the Colonel, the Captain, Maria and Yvette are still stuck inside Normandy's Stalag Luft IV. Eventually Hans is flung over the fence, but escape methods must be found for the others - not to mention the genuine POWs, if possible!
Further details
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.
Notes
This episode is also known as Hans Goes Over The Top.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Saturday 7th November 1987
- Time
- 7:20pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 26 minutes
Cast & crew
| 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 |
| Rose Hill | Madame Fanny 'Fifi' Lafanne |
| Sam Kelly | Captain Hans Geering |
| Jack Haig | Monsieur Roger LeClerc |
| John D. Collins | Flt. Lt. Fairfax |
| Nicholas Frankau | Flt. Lt. Carstairs |
| Hilary Minster | General Erich Von Klinkerhoffen |
| Kenneth Connor | Monsieur Alfonse |
| Arthur Bostrom | Officer Crabtree |
| Louis Mansi (as John Louis Mansi) | Engelbert Von Smallhausen |
| Trevor T. Smith | German Guard |
| Martin Sadler | Wing Commander (Tunneling Prisoner of War) |
| Tim Brown | Squadron Leader Simpson (Tunneling Prisoner of War) |
| Nick Burnell | Camp Commandant |
| Paul Cooper | Wagstaff |
| Owen Brenman | German Guard |
| Jeremy Lloyd | Writer |
| David Croft | Writer |
| David Croft | Director |
| Martin Dennis | Director |
| David Croft | Producer |
| John Dunstan | Editor |
| Ed Wooden | Editor |
| David Buckingham | Production Designer |