'Allo 'Allo: The Complete Series One

Production year: 1982

TV/International TV-PG   Running time: 4:10

IMDB rating:   8.3     Aspect: 4:3;  Languages: English;  Subtitles: None;  Audio: Stereo

The central character of 'Allo 'Allo, a cafe owner in occupied France during World War II, is cowardly, venal, adulterous, and yet ineffably charming, thanks to the whimsical performance of Gorden Kaye. Rene (Kaye) helps the local Nazi commandant hide a valuable painting of a bare-breasted Madonna, helps the local Resistance hide British airmen until they can be smuggled back to England, and helps himself to the lovely charms of his two waitresses, Yvette (Vicki Michelle) and Maria (Francesca Gonshaw). The farce flies fast and thick; the Nazis are greedy clods, the Resistance fighters are neurotic obsessives, and the British airmen are jaunty dimwits--'Allo 'Allo cheerfully offends everyone, including old people, homosexuals, and onion sellers. The humor isn't subtle, but the cast enjoys themselves and Kaye keeps the show moving with a world-weary shrug.

Special features

1985 Interview With Gordon Kaye
The Cast Of 'Allo 'Allo Singing "Under the Bridges of Paris" For Charity
The Pilot Script
'Allo 'Allo: The Complete Series One