'Allo 'Allo!. Image shows from L to R: Edith Melba Artois (Carmen Silvera), René François Artois (Gorden Kaye), Yvette Carte-Blanche (Vicki Michelle). Copyright: BBC
'Allo 'Allo!

'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.

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'Allo 'Allo! celebrated with blue plaque in Thetford

Cast members of 'Allo 'Allo! have been reunited at the unveiling of a blue plaque to remember the sitcom.

The series, which made light of the Nazi occupation of France during World War Two, ran on BBC One from 1982 to 1992.

The British Comedy Society (BCS) unveiled the plaque at Lynford Hall, Mundford, near Thetford, Norfolk.

BBC, 7th September 2019

Sitcom stars say 'Allo 'Allo! to blue plaque

It was one of the biggest television series of the 1980s - at one point getting around 14 million viewers every week.

But did you know much of the wartime comedy 'Allo 'Allo! was filmed near Thetford in Norfolk?

ITV, 7th September 2019

Blue plaque unveiled in honour of sitcom

Today a blue plaque will be unveiled at Lynford Hall, Mundford, near Thetford, in celebration of the programme's 35th anniversary.

The event will see the surviving cast reunite for the first time at the hall, which was used to film a number of the outside shots of the cafe and Nouvion town square.

Marc Betts, The Eastern Daily Press, 7th September 2019

Allo Allo could be next class Brit comedy to return

"Watch this space!" laughs actress Vicki Michelle, who played saucy waitress Yvette Carte-Blanche in the wartime sitcom.

Nadine Linge, Daily Star, 14th August 2019

Blue plaque to celebrate 'Allo 'Allo!

A blue plaque is to be unveiled to remember the BBC's World War Two-set sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! at an event which will see many of the cast reunited.

BBC News, 11th June 2019

Blue plaque for 'Allo 'Allo! announced

Sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! is to be honoured with a blue plaque at its primary filming location, alongside a surviving cast reunion, marking the show's 35th anniversary.

British Comedy Guide, 5th June 2019

Vicki Michelle: Gorden Kaye cringed when they kissed

Actress who played saucy French waitress Yvette Carte-Blanche says on-screen embraces were hard work as Kaye was secretly gay.

Richard Barber, The Mirror, 4th May 2019

The top 10 British sitcoms of the 80s

After the dourness of the 1970s, the following decade was much more colourful and self-confident, and this reflected in the increasingly audacious premises of the best situation comedies of the era. There were still perennial British interests of class and social status, with observations on suburban life providing plenty of opportunity for writers.

Greg Jameson, Entertainment Focus, 29th December 2018

Fallen Madonna sells for £15,000 at auction

A portrait made famous in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! has been sold for £15,000.

BBC, 1st December 2018

Definitive guide to British comedy since Fawlty Towers

The British are coming, and they want to invade your television. With ... laughter.

Devon Ivie, Vulture, 21st November 2018

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