'Allo 'Allo! (series 5)
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'Allo 'Allo! | |
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Season 5 | |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
No. of episodes | 26 |
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Original network | BBC1 |
Original release | 3 September 1988 25 February 1989 | –
Series chronology | |
The fifth series of the British sitcom series 'Allo 'Allo! contains twenty-six episodes which first aired between 3 September 1988 and 25 February 1989.
Series 5 is longer than any of the other series, and contains almost a third of the total number of episodes. The series was made with a view to airing the show in the US, so episodes were shortened to 25 minutes rather than 30 minutes to allow for commercial breaks; and twenty-six episodes were commissioned to tie in with the American tradition of having "seasons", rather than the typical British "series" of six to eight episodes. Due to these changes, two episodes were written by different writers; the director's role was shared between four people, the series was taped entirely in the studio (except the wedding scene of episode 6, which was shot on location in an actual church); and not all of the secondary characters appear in each of the series' episodes. Series 5 also sees the first appearances of the Communist Resistance girls Denise Laroque and Louise; and the last appearance of Jack Haig (who died in the time between the fifth and sixth series) as Monsieur Roger LeClerc.
The following episode names are the ones found on the British R2 DVDs with alternate region titles given below them.
Series No. | Episode No. | Episode title | Original UK airdate |
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5.01 | 28 | Desperate Doings in the Dungeon | 3 September 1988[1] |
5.02 | 29 | The Camera in the Potato | 10 September 1988[2] |
5.03 | 30 | Dinner with the General | 17 September 1988[3] |
5.04 | 31 | The Dreaded Circular Saw | 24 September 1988[4] |
5.05 | 32 | Otherwise Engaged | 1 October 1988[5] |
5.06 | 33 | A Marriage of Inconvenience | 8 October 1988[6] |
5.07 | 34 | No Hiding Place | 15 October 1988[7] |
5.08 | 35 | The Arrival of the Homing Duck | 22 October 1988[8] |
5.09 | 36 | Watch the Birdie | 29 October 1988[9] |
5.10 | 37 | René - Under an Assumed Nose | 5 November 1988[10] |
5.11 | 38 | The Confusion of the Generals | 12 November 1988[11] |
5.12 | 39 | Who's for the Vatican? | 19 November 1988[12] |
5.13 | 40 | Ribbing the Bonk | 26 November 1988[13] |
5.14 | 41 | The Reluctant Millionaires | 3 December 1988[14] |
5.15 | 42 | A Duck for Launch | 10 December 1988[15] |
5.16 | 43 | The Exploding Bedpan | 17 December 1988[16] |
5.17 | 44 | Going Like a Bomb | 24 December 1988[17] |
5.18 | 45 | Money to Burn | 31 December 1988[18] |
5.19 | 46 | Puddings Can Go Off | 7 January 1989[19] |
5.20 | 47 | Land Mines for London | 14 January 1989[20] |
5.21 | 48 | Flight to Geneva | 21 January 1989[21] |
5.22 | 49 | Train of Events | 28 January 1989[22] |
5.23 | 50 | An Enigma Variation | 4 February 1989[23] |
5.24 | 51 | Wedding Bloss | 11 February 1989[24] |
5.25 | 52 | Down the Drain | 18 February 1989[25] |
5.26 | 53 | All in Disgeese | 25 February 1989[26] |
Cast[]
- Gorden Kaye as René Artois
- Carmen Silvera as Edith Artois
- Rose Hill as Madame Fanny La Fan
- Vicki Michelle as Yvette Carte-Blanche
- Sue Hodge as Mimi Labonq
- Kirsten Cooke as Michelle Dubois
- Jack Haig as Monsieur Roger LeClerc
- Kenneth Connor as Monsieur Alfonse
- Richard Marner as Colonel Kurt von Strohm
- Guy Siner as Lieutenant Hubert Gruber
- Gavin Richards as Captain Alberto Bertorelli
- Hilary Minster as General Erich von Klinkerhoffen
- Richard Gibson as Herr Otto Flick
- John Louis Mansi as Herr Engelbert von Smallhausen
- Kim Hartman as Private Helga Geerhart
- Arthur Bostrom as Officer Crabtree
- John D. Collins as Officer Fairfax
- Nicholas Frankau as Officer Carstairs
Episodes[]
No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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28 | 1 | "Desperate Doings in the Dungeon" | David Croft | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 3 September 1988 | |
Herr Flick is in the dungeon, but there are plans afoot from several sources to spring him - although not necessarily leave him a free man. The Resistance manage to be first on the scene and effect a prisoner swap.
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29 | 2 | "The Camera in the Potato" | Martin Dennis | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 10 September 1988 | |
René is rescued from the dungeon, and is tasked with photographing invasion plans, hidden in a safe in the chateau.
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30 | 3 | "Dinner with the General" | Martin Dennis | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 17 September 1988 | |
Smoke bombs will provide a diversionary tactic to distract Gruber so René can photograph the invasion plans, but they end up being sent down the wrong chimney. Helga and Von Klinkerhoffen dine together, while the Gestapo infiltrate as a musical interlude to gain intelligence on plans to assassinate Hitler.
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31 | 4 | "The Dreaded Circular Saw" | Martin Dennis | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 24 September 1988 | |
Everyone gets a surprise when the safe is blown up by LeClerc. As everyone flees the chateau, René and LeClerc - disguised as German soldiers - are captured by the Communist Resistance.
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32 | 5 | "Otherwise Engaged" | Martin Dennis | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 1 October 1988 | |
René and LeClerc are still being held at the sawmill by the Communist Resistance. Their leader announces she and René are to be married very soon.
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33 | 6 | "A Marriage of Inconvenience" | Martin Dennis | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 8 October 1988 | |
It's the day of René and Denise's wedding - except the Gaullist Resistance and the cafe staff have plans in place to ensure the two are not betrothed.
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34 | 7 | "No Hiding Place" | Susan Belbin | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 15 October 1988 | |
In the fallout from their wedding day, René tries to hide from Denise and her plans for revenge, but the people of Nouvion are not as accommodating as René would like. A ticking package is delivered to the cafe by a clock repair man ().
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35 | 8 | "The Arrival of the Homing Duck" | Susan Belbin | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 22 October 1988 | |
A conference is planned by the occupying forces, where the invasion of England is likely to be under discussion. Michelle orders René to provide the catering while gathering information on the plans, with the resulting intelligence to be sent to England via a duck.
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36 | 9 | "Watch the Birdie" | Susan Belbin | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 29 October 1988 | |
The conference goes ahead, despite the duck escaping and being shot down. A serving of peppermints provides the necessary diversion for René to photograph the invasion plans.
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37 | 10 | "René - Under an Assumed Nose" | Susan Belbin | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 5 November 1988 | |
In the aftermath of the conference, René is on the General's hit list following the incident with the peppermints.
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38 | 11 | "The Confusion of the Generals" | Susan Belbin | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 12 November 1988 | |
The cafe finds itself the location of a meeting between a group of German Generals, disguised as French onion-sellers. It's also the scene of a meeting of more shot-down British airmen.
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39 | 12 | "Who's for the Vatican" | Susan Belbin | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 19 November 1988 | |
René is ordered to steal the paintings from the headquarters of the Communist Resistance.
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40 | 13 | "Ribbing the Bonk" | Martin Dennis | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 26 November 1988 | |
René must rob a bank to raise the ransom to pay the Communist Resistance to free Mimi, Gruber, the Colonel, and Bertorelli.
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41 | 14 | "The Reluctant Millionaires" | Martin Dennis | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 3 December 1988 | |
René and the cafe staff have money from robbing the bank, but Michelle puts a spanner in the works. Mimi manages to escape and return to Nouvion.
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42 | 15 | "A Duck for Launch" | Martin Dennis | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 10 December 1988 | |
Everyone is trying to get their hands on the money, for a variety of reasons. The duck is ready to leave for England, but René would rather it remain with its ducklings.
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43 | 16 | "The Exploding Bedpan" | Martin Dennis | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 17 December 1988 | |
Monsieur Alphonse has been arrested by the Gestapo after being caught passing forged banknotes. Fortunately a glimpse of Helga's stockings strains his "dicky ticker" and he's rushed to hospital. The cafe staff and the Resistance must rescue him before the Gestapo can interrogate him.
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44 | 17 | "Going Like a Bomb" | Martin Dennis | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 24 December 1988 | |
The Colonel sets up Bertorelli in an attempt to be rid of him. Michelle has another plan to help the British Airmen return home, with the help of the casing from a new type of bomb. LeClerc has yet another new disguise.
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45 | 18 | "Money to Burn" | Martin Dennis | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 31 December 1988 | |
LeClerc has been arrested by the Gestapo and they threaten to shoot him if the missing money is not returned.
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46 | 19 | "Puddings Can Go Off" | Martin Dennis | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 7 January 1989 | |
The Resistance are in possession of a thousand kilograms of explosives which were originally in the bomb casings. René is charged with hiding the explosives, which will be disguised as 500 Christmas puddings.
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47 | 20 | "Land Mines for London" | Richard Boden | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 14 January 1989 | |
The Gestapo discover the whereabouts of the landmines and decide to lie in wait in order to arrest the Resistance members collecting them.
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48 | 21 | "Flight to Geneva" | Richard Boden | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 21 January 1989 | |
René decides to elope to Switzerland with Yvette and the paintings.
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49 | 22 | "Train of Events" | Richard Boden | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 28 January 1989 | |
René's plans have gone awry, and the train is full of people after the paintings for their own ends.
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50 | 23 | "An Enigma Variation" | Richard Boden | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 4 February 1989 | |
René and his staff must impersonate a musical group at the chateau. René's attempts to disguise stolen gold don't work as well as he hoped, and Crabtree gives his own unique rendition of a popular French song.
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51 | 24 | "Wedding Bloss" | Richard Boden | John Chapman & Ian Davidson | 11 February 1989 | |
René and Edith are heading for the altar, while Michelle initiates Operation Waterloo, the latest plan to return the British Airmen to England.
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52 | 25 | "Down the Drain" | Richard Boden | Ronald Wolfe & Ronald Chesney | 18 February 1989 | |
René must deliver the Enigma machine to a waiting British submarine, via Nouvion's sewer system. His resurrected plan to elope with Yvette interferes with the objective of the mission.
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53 | 26 | "All in Disgeese" | Richard Boden | Jeremy Lloyd & David Croft | 25 February 1989 | |
Another plan to get the Enigma machine safely into the hands of British intelligence sees a plethora of disguises from the usual quarters, with varying success, as the Germans are equally determined to get their hands on it too.
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References[]
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Desperate Doings in the Dungeon", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3379): 21. September 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "The Camera in the Potato", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3380): 22. 8 September 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Dinner with the General", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3381): 47. 15 September 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "The Dreaded Circular Saw", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3382): 46. 22 September 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Otherwise Engaged", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3383): 33. 29 September 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "A Marriage of Inconvenience", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3384): 31. 6 October 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "No Hiding Place", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3385): 35. 13 October 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of The Arrival of the Homing Duck", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3386): 34. 20 October 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Watch the Birdie", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3387): 33. 27 October 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "René - Under an Assumed Nose", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3388): 41. 3 November 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "The Confusion of the Generals", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3389): 36. 10 November 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Who's for the Vatican?", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3390): 43. 17 November 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Ribbing the Bonk", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3391): 38. 24 November 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "The Reluctant Millionaires", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3392): 45. December 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "A Duck for Launch", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3393): 37. 8 December 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "The Exploding Bedpan", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3394): 36. 15 December 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Going Like a Bomb", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3394): 91. 15 December 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of Money to Burn", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3395): 23. 29 December 1988.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Puddings Can Go Off", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3396): 25. 5 January 1989.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Land Mines for London", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3397): 17. 12 January 1989.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Flight to Geneva", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3398): 30. 19 January 1989.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Train of Events", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3399): 21. 26 January 1989.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "An Enigma Variation", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3400): 25. 2 February 1989.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Wedding Bloss", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3401): 23. 9 February 1989.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "Down the Drain", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3402): 24. 16 February 1989.
- ^ "Radio Times listing for original transmission of "All in Disgeese", archived at BBC Genome Project". Radio Times (3403): 21. 23 February 1989.
External links[]
- 1988 British television seasons
- 1989 British television seasons
- 'Allo 'Allo!
- 'Allo 'Allo! seasons