Welcome to Nouvion in occupied France and to Café René where there are plenty of surprises in these Christmas Specials. With the war going badly for the Germans the General has taken control and nobody’s happy – not the resistance the army or the Gestapo. He must be eliminated but how? With the pill in the till? The drug in the jug? Or maybe the gateau from the chateau? It’s Yvette however who drops the real bombshell announcing that she’s pregnant but isn’t sure who the father is. So perhaps it’s time for René to do the right thing – escape to England before Edith cottons on and World War 3 breaks out.
The hilarious fifth series of Jimmy Perry and David Croft's wartime sitcom in which cafe owner Rene Artois (Gordon Kaye) avoids his wife (Carmen Silvera) chases after his waitresses and hides two British airmen all the while trying to avoid investigation by the ineffectual German army...
Meet Ren'' the most wanted man in Occupied France. Women want his body. The Resistance want his brain. And the Nazis want his sausage! In a small caf'' in Nouvion the harassed proprietor is having a trying war. With the German army in residence in the bar Ren'' is risking his neck to aid the Resistance by hiding two British airmen and a radio transmitter upstairs in his mother-in-laws bedroom. He is also involved in hiding the priceless painting of the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies in a large 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 his two sexy waitresses? Includes every episode from series' 8 and 9 of the classic sitcom.
The Café René at the heart of the picturesque town of Nouvion in occupied France is a hot-bed of war-time intrigue. Look around and you'll see the Resistance the Communists the German army the Gestapo the Royal Air Force and one Officer Crabtree (sent from 'British Ontelligence Headquitters') all in various disguises. But just where is the painting of The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies by Van Clomp? There's only one way to find out...
David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd's sitcom 'Allo 'Allo started life in 1982 as a modest one-off spoof of the classic 1970s drama series Secret Army. A throwback to an earlier era during the 1980s heyday of alternative comedy, the show's decidedly un-PC mix of bedroom farce and crudely drawn national stereotypes was subsequently stretched over nine series in all (1984-1992), making it TV's successor to the long-running Carry On series. 'Allo 'Allo was not only similarly preoccupied with seaside postcard humour, it was also blessed with a cracking ensemble cast (including Carry On veteran Kenneth Connor) whose sheer energy eked out comic gold from even the laziest jokes about humourless Germans, cowardly Italians, "Tally ho!" Brits and onion-selling Frenchmen. Like Croft & Lloyd's Are You Being Served, it was the cast interaction more than the material itself that produced the laughs. Gordon Kaye deserves much of the credit for keeping the show fresh. Whether he's plotting with the sexy Resistance leader, in cahoots with the Nazi commandant about a priceless painting of "The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies", or fending off the attentions of sex-starved waitresses under the withering gaze of his wife Edith, bumbling Rene is the lynchpin around which the endless farce revolves. Despite its determination never to vary the formula from week to week, the show had at least one virtue--it wasn't afraid to offend anyone. --Mark Walker
David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd's sitcom 'Allo 'Allo started life in 1982 as a modest one-off spoof of the classic 1970s drama series Secret Army. A throwback to an earlier era during the 1980s heyday of alternative comedy, the show's decidedly un-PC mix of bedroom farce and crudely drawn national stereotypes was subsequently stretched over nine series in all (1984-1992), making it TV's successor to the long-running Carry On series. 'Allo 'Allo was not only similarly preoccupied with seaside postcard humour, it was also blessed with a cracking ensemble cast (including Carry On veteran Kenneth Connor) whose sheer energy eked out comic gold from even the laziest jokes about humourless Germans, cowardly Italians, "Tally ho!" Brits and onion-selling Frenchmen. Like Croft & Lloyd's Are You Being Served, it was the cast interaction more than the material itself that produced the laughs. Despite its determination never to vary the formula from week to week, the show had at least one virtue--it wasn't afraid to offend anyone. --Mark Walker
Welcome to the Cafe Rene in the French village of Nouvion where you can get fine wines paintings by Van Clomp (not all originals) and a selection of German and British officers. The owner Rene Artois (Gorden Kaye) who may have his mind on other things -''- like his waitresses Yvette and Mimi ''-- will look after you. Just don''t tell his wife Edith (Carmen Silvera)!
The hilarious fifth series of Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft's wartime sitcom in which cafe owner Rene Artois (Gordon Kaye) avoids his wife (Carmen Silvera) chases after his waitresses and hides two British airmen all the while trying to avoid investigation by the ineffectual German army...
Welcome to the Cafe Rene in the French village of Nouvion where you can get fine wines paintings by Van Clomp (not all originals) and a selection of German and British officers. The owner Rene Artois who may have his mind on other things ''- like his waitresses Yvette and Maria ''- will look after you. Just don''t tell his wife Edith!
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