Allo
Allo

Set during World War II, Allo Allo tells the story of Ren Artois, a French caf owner in the village of Nouvion.

Germans have occupied the village and stolen all of its valuable artefacts.

These include the first cuckoo clock ever made and a painting of The Fallen Madonna by Van Klomp (known to those who have seen it as The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies).

The local commandant has decided to keep them for himself after the war and forces Ren to hide the painting in his caf. Hitler also wants the painting, and sends Herr Otto Flick of the Gestapo to the town to find it.

Flick, in turn, conspires to keep it. The paintings are duplicated by a forger, get mixed up and put in knackwurst sausages.

One is sent to Hitler on an ammunition train, which gets blown up, one is hidden, and the other is eaten for dinner by Flick himself.

At the same time, the caf is being used as a safe house for two brave but clueless British airmen. Ren is forced to work with the Resistance, who threaten to shoot him for serving Germans in his caf.

The far-fetched plans of the Resistance to get the airmen back to England fail. These are one of the main running gags of Allo Allo.

As part of these plans, the Resistance have placed a radio in the bedroom of Ren's mother-in-law. This secret communication device between London and the resistance (codename "Nighthawk") is hidden under the bed.

Incoming messages are signalled by triggering the light bulbs concealed in the bed-knobs, leading the elderly mother-in-law to cry "Ze flashing knobs!" Ren answers with Allo Allo zis is Night'awk, are you receiving me?", hence the title of the show.

Ren is also trying to keep his affairs with his waitresses secret from his wife, Edith.

Episodelist Allo Allo

Pilot

The British Are Coming

Season 1

1. The Fallen Madonna
2. Pigeon Post
3. Saville Row To The Rescue
4. The Execution
5. The Funeral
6. Reds Nick Colonel
7. The Dance Of The Hitler Youth

Season 2

1. Six Big Boobies
2. The Wooing Of Widow Artois
3. The Policeman Cometh
4. Swiftly And With Style
5. The Duel
6. Herr Flick's Revenge

Special

The Gateau From The Chateau

Season 3

1. The Nicked Knockwurst
2. Gruber Does Some Mincing
3. The Sausage In The Wardrobe
4. Flight Of Fancy
5. Pretty Maids All In A Row
6. The Great Un-Escape

Season 4

1. Hans Goes Over The Top
2. Camp Dance
3. Good Staff Are Hard To Find
4. The Flying Nun
5. The Sausage In The Trousers
6. The Jet-Propelled Mother-In-Law

Season 5

1. Desperate Doings In The Dungeon
2. The Camera In The Potato
3. Dinner With The General
4. The Dreaded Circular Saw
5. Otherwise Engaged
6. A Marriage Of Inconvenience
7. No Hiding Place
8. The Arrival Of The Homing Duck
9. Watch The Birdie
10. Rene - Under An Assumed Nose
11. The Confusion Of The Generals
12. Who's For The Vatican
13. Ribbing The Bonk
14. The Reluctant Millionaires
15. A Duck For Launch
16. The Exploding Bedpan
17. Going Like A Bomb
18. Money To Burn
19. Puddings Can Go Off
20. Landmines For London
21. Flight To Geneva
22. Train of Events
23. An Enigma Variation
24. Wedding Bloss
25. Down The Drain
26. All In Disgeese

Season 6

1. Rene's Ghost
2. Disguised As Airmen
3. The Goose With Flashing Eyes
4. Rescuing The Airmen
5. Intelligence Officers
6. The Fence
7. Fanny's Wedding
8. The Flying Bed

Season 7

1. Forged Papers
2. Exploding Candles
3. Flying to England
4. Rene In England
5. Telegraph Poles
6. Spirit of Nouvion
7. Wine Barrels
8. A Mixed Marriage
9. Ice Cream
10. Gypsies

Special

Pregnancy

Season 8

1. The Radio Station
2. Blackmail & Robbery
3. Dynamite For Hitler
4. Capturing Hitler
5. Hitler On The Run
6. The Fish
7. Escape To Spain

Season 9

1. The Windmill
2. Love Slave
3. Amnesia
4. The Fishmonger's Parade
5. The Bugged Golf Club
6. The End Of The War