"'Allo 'Allo!" (1982) TV series 1982-1992

Creators:

David Croft
Jeremy Lloyd
(more)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Release Date:

30 December 1982 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | War

Plot:

René Artois runs a small café in France during World War II. He always seems to have his hands full: He's having affairs with most of his waitresses...

Plot Keywords:

Captain | French Resistance | Painting | Colonel | Italian Army

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Gorden Kaye	...	René Artois (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Carmen Silvera	...	Edith Artois (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Vicki Michelle	...	Yvette Carte-Blanche (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Richard Marner	...	Colonel Kurt von Strohm (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Kim Hartman	...	Private Helga Geerhart / ... (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Guy Siner	...	Lieutenant Hubert Gruber (85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Kirsten Cooke	...	Michelle Dubois (82 episodes, 1982-1992)
Richard Gibson	...	Herr Otto Flick (79 episodes, 1982-1992)
Rose Hill	...	Madame Fanny (78 episodes, 1982-1992)
Arthur Bostrom	...	Officer Crabtree (74 episodes, 1985-1992)
John D. Collins	...	Flying Officer Fairfax (64 episodes, 1982-1992)
Nicholas Frankau	...	Flying Officer Carstairs (64 episodes, 1982-1992)
Louis Mansi	...	Herr Engelbert von Smallhausen (63 episodes, 1985-1992)
Sue Hodge	...	Mimi Labonq (62 episodes, 1987-1992)
Kenneth Connor	...	Monsieur Alfonse (62 episodes, 1984-1992)
Hilary Minster	...	General Erich von Klinkerhoffen (59 episodes, 1984-1992)
Jack Haig	...	Roger Leclerc (51 episodes, 1982-1989)

Series Directed by
David Croft		(30 episodes, 1982-1989)
Martin Dennis		(23 episodes, 1987-1989)
John B. Hobbs		(14 episodes, 1991-1992)
Richard Boden		(7 episodes, 1989)
Susan Belbin		(6 episodes, 1988)
Robin Carr		(5 episodes, 1986-1987)
Sue Longstaff		(5 episodes, 1991)
Mike Stephens		(5 episodes, 1991)

Series Writing credits
David Croft		(85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Jeremy Lloyd		(85 episodes, 1982-1992)
Paul Adam		(24 episodes, 1991-1992)

Series Produced by
David Croft	....	producer (61 episodes, 1982-1989)
John B. Hobbs	....	producer (14 episodes, 1991-1992)
Mike Stephens	....	producer (10 episodes, 1991)

Series Original Music by
David Croft		(1 episode, 1988)
Roy Moore		(1 episode, 1991)

Series Film Editing by
John Dunstan		(22 episodes, 1982-1987)
Chris Wadsworth		(9 episodes, 1984-1988)
Rob Poole		(8 episodes, 1989)
Ed Wooden		(4 episodes, 1987)
Phil Southby		(2 episodes, 1982-1985)

Series Production Design by
David Buckingham		(45 episodes, 1985-1989)
Roger Harris		(10 episodes, 1991)
John Stout		(8 episodes, 1991-1992)
Janet Budden		(7 episodes, 1984)
Gary Williamson		(6 episodes, 1989)
Shaun Moore		(6 episodes, 1992)
Paul Cross		(2 episodes, 1989)

Series Costume Design by
Sheena Napier		(22 episodes, 1988-1989)
Christian Dyall		(18 episodes, 1987-1988)
Carol Lawrence		(10 episodes, 1991)
Rosemary Cheshire		(8 episodes, 1991-1992)
Jackie Southern		(7 episodes, 1984)
Jacqueline Parry		(7 episodes, 1985)
Anna Stubley		(6 episodes, 1986-1987)
Jill Taylor		(6 episodes, 1992)

Series Makeup Department
Ann Rayment	....	make-up designer (26 episodes, 1988-1989)
Benita Barrell	....	make-up (13 episodes, 1985-1987)
Joan Stribling	....	hair designer / makeup designer / ... (10 episodes, 1991)
Charlotte Betsworth	....	make-up designer (8 episodes, 1989)
Suzanne Jansen	....	make-up designer (8 episodes, 1991-1992)
Helen Barrett	....	make-up (7 episodes, 1984)
Lisa Pickering	....	make-up / makeup designer (7 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jane Walker	....	make-up designer / makeup designer (6 episodes, 1992)
Janet Phillips	....	make-up designer (4 episodes, 1991)
Linda McInnes	....	make-up designer (3 episodes, 1988)

Series Production Management
Martin Dennis	....	production manager (22 episodes, 1984-1988)
Roy Gould	....	production manager (15 episodes, 1989)
Simon Spencer	....	production manager (13 episodes, 1987-1991)
Peter Lovell	....	production manager (9 episodes, 1991)
Susan Belbin	....	production manager (8 episodes, 1982-1984)
Jez Nightingale	....	production manager (8 episodes, 1991-1992)
Mick Evans	....	production manager (7 episodes, 1988-1989)
Ian Strachan	....	production manager (7 episodes, 1988)
Mike Pearce	....	production manager (7 episodes, 1991-1992)
Suzanna Shaw	....	production manager (7 episodes, 1991)
Nick Jowitt	....	production manager (6 episodes, 1988)

Series Art Department
Pauline Seager	....	properties buyer (21 episodes, 1988-1992)
Nick Barnett	....	properties buyer (10 episodes, 1991)
Andrew Smee	....	graphic designer (10 episodes, 1991)
Sue Claybyn	....	properties buyer (8 episodes, 1989)
Brenda Barker	....	properties buyer (7 episodes, 1984)
John Watts	....	properties buyer (7 episodes, 1985)
Phil Taylor	....	properties buyer (7 episodes, 1989)
Chris Ferriday	....	properties buyer (6 episodes, 1986-1987)
Paul Richmond	....	properties buyer (6 episodes, 1987)
Roger Williams	....	properties buyer (6 episodes, 1988)
Jayne Libotte	....	properties buyer (6 episodes, 1992)

Series Sound Department
John Mooney	....	sound (72 episodes, 1982-1991)
Chris Shellard	....	deputy sound supervisor (62 episodes, 1985-1991)
Michael McCarthy	....	sound supervisor / sound / ... (51 episodes, 1982-1989)
Michael Spencer	....	film sound (15 episodes, 1985-1987)
Alan Machin	....	sound supervisor (14 episodes, 1991-1992)
Graham Wilkinson	....	sound supervisor (10 episodes, 1991)
John A. Parry	....	film recordist (8 episodes, 1989)
Terry Elms	....	film sound (6 episodes, 1984)
Len Shorey	....	sound (3 episodes, 1987)
Martin Deane	....	sound supervisor (3 episodes, 1989)
Tony Philpot	....	sound (2 episodes, 1987)

Series Special Effects by
Chris Reynolds	....	special effects technician (2 episodes, 1985)

Series Visual Effects by
Steve Lucas	....	visual effects designer (20 episodes, 1986-1991)
Andy Lazell	....	visual effects designer (14 episodes, 1989-1992)
Synclair Brebner	....	visual effects designer (8 episodes, 1991-1992)
Dave Bezkorowajny	....	visual effects designer (7 episodes, 1988-1989)
Roger Turner	....	visual effects designer (7 episodes, 1989)
Colin Gorry	....	visual effects designer (6 episodes, 1987)
Robert Thomas	....	visual effects designer (6 episodes, 1988)
Ted Grumbt	....	visual effects: Effects Associates / visual effects / ... (5 episodes, 1984)
David Barton	....	visual effects (5 episodes, 1985)
Colin Mapson	....	visual effects (2 episodes, 1985)

Series Stunts
Stuart Fell	....	stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 1989)
Chrissy Monk	....	stunts (unknown episodes)
Stuart St. Paul	....	stunts (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Ken Major	....	camera supervisor / camera operator (58 episodes, 1984-1991)
Duncan Brown	....	lighting director / lighting / ... (55 episodes, 1982-1989)
Max Samett	....	film cameraman / film lighting cameraman (29 episodes, 1984-1989)
Henry Barber	....	lighting director (14 episodes, 1991-1992)
Roger Goss	....	camera supervisor / location camera (14 episodes, 1991-1992)
Harry Bradley	....	lighting director / lighting (11 episodes, 1987-1991)
Stuart Lindley	....	camera supervisor (7 episodes, 1988)
Alan Jeffery	....	lighting / lighting director (6 episodes, 1986-1988)
Alan Bayley	....	camera supervisor (2 episodes, 1992)

Series Editorial Department
Angela Beveridge	....	vision mixer (53 episodes, 1982-1989)
Chris Wadsworth	....	videotape editor (46 episodes, 1988-1992)
Roger Martin	....	videotape editor / video tape editor (13 episodes, 1984-1991)
Hilary West	....	vision mixer (8 episodes, 1989)
Kathryn Randall	....	vision mixer (7 episodes, 1991-1992)
Phil Southby	....	video tape editor (6 episodes, 1985-1987)
Sue Collins	....	vision mixer (6 episodes, 1991)
Carol Abbott	....	vision mixer (6 episodes, 1992)
Anne Stanley	....	vision mixer (4 episodes, 1991)
Chris Booth	....	video tape editor (2 episodes, 1984)

Series Music Department
Roy Moore	....	composer: theme music / music associate / ... (27 episodes, 1985-1992)
David Croft	....	composer: theme music (23 episodes, 1991-1992)

Series Other crew
Bernadette Darnell	....	production team / production assistant (32 episodes, 1984-1988)
Charles Garland	....	assistant floor manager / production team / ... (20 episodes, 1985-1989)
Poonam Megone	....	production assistant (18 episodes, 1991-1992)
Richard Hersee	....	resource coordinator / technical coordinator (16 episodes, 1991-1992)
Richard Philipps	....	technical coordinator (14 episodes, 1988-1989)
Roy Gould	....	production team (13 episodes, 1984-1987)
Arch Dyson	....	production team (13 episodes, 1985-1987)
Jim Cook	....	technical coordinator (12 episodes, 1988)
Mark Mylod	....	assistant floor manager (10 episodes, 1991)
Sarah Gowers	....	assistant floor manager (8 episodes, 1988-1989)
Nikki Cockcroft	....	production assistant (8 episodes, 1989)
Nick Moore	....	technical coordinator (8 episodes, 1989)
Matthew Napier	....	assistant floor manager (8 episodes, 1991-1992)
Penny Thompson	....	production assistant / production team (7 episodes, 1982-1988)
Simon Spencer	....	production team (7 episodes, 1985)
Jackie Wright	....	production team (7 episodes, 1985)
Susan Silburn	....	production assistant (7 episodes, 1988-1989)
Francesca Gilpin	....	assistant floor manager (7 episodes, 1989)
Melanie Hall	....	production assistant (7 episodes, 1989)
Steve Lowry	....	technical coordinator / resource coordinator / ... (7 episodes, 1991)
John Gorringe	....	assistant floor manager (6 episodes, 1988)
Susan Lawton	....	production assistant (6 episodes, 1992)
Simon Sharrod	....	production secretary (6 episodes, 1992)
Michael Towner	....	assistant floor manager (6 episodes, 1992)
Kenn Oldfield	....	choreographer / dance staged by (5 episodes, 1984-1989)
E.S. Chandler	....	technical advisor (4 episodes, 1984-1987)
Dinkar Jhalera	....	resources coordinator / technical coordinator (2 episodes, 1991)

Production Companies

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (1982-1992) (UK) (TV) (original airing)
• BBC Video (????) (worldwide) (video)
• Eesti Televisioon (ETV) (2008-) (Estonia) (TV) (re-release)
• Pan Vision Oy (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
• Polyband (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (199?-) (Netherlands) (TV) (reruns) (RTL5) (RTL7)
• Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting (TROS) (19??-????) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (season 5)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

UK:30 min (44 episodes) | UK:35 min (6 episodes) | UK:25 min (32 episodes) | UK:45 min (3 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Certification:

Australia:PG | UK:PG | Finland:S | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

The character of Herr Otto Flick is a combination parody on the Nazi minister Josef Goebbels and the Gestapo agent Arnold Toht from the film Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: At the end of each episode there is a list of "Cast in order of appearance", but on several occasions, the order of the list does not reflect the actual order in which the actors appear in the episode. In season 5, there are even some episodes where actors are credited in the list without appearing in the episode.

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Michelle Dubois:Listen very carefully; I shall say this only once.

Movie Connections:

Featured in You Have Been Watching... David Croft (2011) (TV)

a great series

I have little to add to this what the other have written here. Accept that what few people seem to know. This brilliant series is a parody on another very good series, Secret Army, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075579/ The cafe, The Gestapo officers, the singing wife, even the characters look the spitting image. But, in all fairness, I think the parody is more brilliant than the original series. Strange, but true. I Think that this is one of the few cases where the parody is better know than the original, and a true red herring in that it is also better. I cannot think of one where this is also the case, although there are more parodies better known then the original (Airport-Airplane to mention one).