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The misadventures of hapless cafe owner René Artois and his escapades with the Resistance in occupied France.

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    'Allo 'Allo! Season 9 Episode 6 - A Winkle in Time
    9.1/10(4 votes)

    #1 - A Winkle in Time

    S9:E6

    René and the café staff prepare to welcome the invading British troops.

    Director:John B. Hobbs
    Writers:Jeremy Lloyd, Paul Adam

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  2. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 5 Episode 6 - A Marriage of Inconvenience
    9.0/10(4 votes)

    #2 - A Marriage of Inconvenience

    S5:E6

    René's friends rally round to try and save him from his impending marriage to the formidable leader of the Communist Resistance.

    Director:Martin Dennis
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  3. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 5 Episode 9 - Watch the Birdie
    8.9/10(4 votes)

    #3 - Watch the Birdie

    S5:E9

    René and his staff prepare the long-distance duck for its vital flight to England.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  4. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 3 Episode 3 - The Sausage in the Wardrobe
    8.6/10(6 votes)

    #4 - The Sausage in the Wardrobe

    S3:E3

    After Maria is sent to Lieutenant Gruber with the sausage containing the real painting of the Fallen Madonna for copying, she is caught by General Von Klinkerhoffen, who places the sausage in his wardrobe and holds Maria hostage until his motor mower engine is returned by the Resistance. Herr Flick, the Colonel, the Captain and René hear about this and decide to go to the chateau through the secret passage and steal the sausage from under the General's nose, using Helga, Yvette and Lieutenant Gruber as a honey trap.

    Directors:David Croft, Robin Carr
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  5. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 5 Episode 23 - An Enigma Variation
    8.6/10(4 votes)

    #5 - An Enigma Variation

    S5:E23

    Chaos engulfs René as he attempts to hide the stolen gold. Meanwhile, the Resistance plan to steal the Enigma encoder.

    Director:Richard Boden
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  6. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 4 Episode 5 - The Sausage in the Trousers
    8.5/10(5 votes)

    #6 - The Sausage in the Trousers

    S4:E5

    There are still no batteries for the wireless radio underneath the bed of René's mother-in-law, so Michelle's newest harebrained scheme is to have René and Yvette powering it with the generator from a bicycle until the stolen batteries from a German miniature submarine are delivered. The Lieutenant has finished copying the paintings (The Fallen Madonna and the Van Gogh) and delivers them as sausages. Numerous other sausages also arrive: real ones from Captain Bertorelli, submarine batteries from Leclerc, and explosives from Officer Crabtree, and soon they're all mixed up in the German officers' trousers!

    Director:David Croft
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  7. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 5 Episode 10 - René - Under an Assumed Nose
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #7 - René - Under an Assumed Nose

    S5:E10

    Monsieur Leclerc comes to the rescue when orders are given for René to be arrested. René tries to escape using a unique disguise.

    Director:Susan Belbin
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  8. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 5 Episode 16 - The Exploding Bedpan
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #8 - The Exploding Bedpan

    S5:E16

    While under interrogation, Alfonse's dicky ticker starts playing up, and he is whisked to hospital. He must be either rescued or eliminated before he can spill the beans about the stolen Gestapo money.

    Director:Martin Dennis
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  9. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 5 Episode 21 - Flight to Geneva
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #9 - Flight to Geneva

    S5:E21

    René tries to sneak off to Switzerland with Yvette on the night train.

    Director:Richard Boden
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  10. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 5 Episode 26 - All in Disgeese
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #10 - All in Disgeese

    S5:E26

    René is still harbouring the German Enigma machine as well as the four bars of gold he has stolen, two British airmen and the painting of the Cracked Vase with the Big Daisies by Van Gogh. So the café is now full and getting more crowded by the minute.

    Director:Richard Boden
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  11. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 6 Episode 2 - The Gestapo for the High Jump
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #11 - The Gestapo for the High Jump

    S6:E2

    The Gestapo and the Italians plan to infiltrate the Resistance. Little do they know that René and friends are waiting for them.

    Director:David Croft
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  12. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 7 Episode 10 - René of the Gypsies
    8.5/10(4 votes)

    #12 - René of the Gypsies

    S7:E10

    Michelle plans to release the British airmen from the drain in the square under cover of a gypsy fair, but at the last minute the Gypsies cancel.

    Director:Sue Longstaff
    Writers:Jeremy Lloyd, Paul Adam

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  13. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 1 Episode 4 - The Execution
    8.4/10(6 votes)

    #13 - The Execution

    S1:E4

    Hans mistakes the nitro for gin and accidentally blows up the railway himself! The Germans capture René, Yvette, and the peasant-disguised Colonel and Captain. As Helga, Leclerc, and Edith each attempt to help the gang escape, General Von Klinkerhoffen arrives in town and demands that the only known saboteur be shot. This means René's death by firing squad, with Lieutenant Gruber in charge of the squad!

    Director:David Croft
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  14. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 2 Episode 6 - Herr Flick's Revenge
    8.4/10(6 votes)

    #14 - Herr Flick's Revenge

    S2:E6

    Having ran away from the duel with Monsieur Alphonse, René hides. He's rescued by Michelle of the Resistance who smuggles him back into the café dressed as a member of the Resistance, while she explains to Monsieur Alphonse that René is the bravest man in France. But Herr Flick has captured the Colonel and the Captain, and brings in René as well, and threatens to torture them unless they reveal where the painting of the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies is hidden. They are rescued by General Von Klinkerhoffen. With life back to normal, there's only the matter of getting the British airmen out. As the General imposes a curfew, Michelle's plan is a funeral for Madame Fanny.

    Director:David Croft
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  15. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 2 Episode 3 - The Policeman Cometh
    8.3/10(6 votes)

    #15 - The Policeman Cometh

    S2:E3

    We pick up the action mere moments after the close of the previous episode, as the airmen-filled cow narrowly escapes being milked by a German patrol while awaiting the landing of the plane. As they watch in disappointment, the plane does not land, and instead jettisoning two parachutes, one of which yields a new escape package; the other, Officer Crabtree, sent from "British Ontelligence Headquitters". Disguised as a policeman, he is supposed to blend in. Unfortunately, his French is abominable, getting the vowels wrong as often as not. Meanwhile, the plan to blow up the non-painting-filled knockwurst on its way to Hitler has hit a snag: René can't find anyone to blow up the train.

    Director:David Croft
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  16. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 1 Episode 2 - Pigeon Post
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #16 - Pigeon Post

    S1:E2

    After the Colonel's and the Captain's uniforms are borrowed by the British airmen, and later burned, they have to send for replacements. Supplied by Michelle are carrier pigeons, which Madame Edith accidentally cooks and serves to Herr Otto Flick.

    Director:David Croft
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  17. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 3 Episode 2 - Gruber Does Some Mincing
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #17 - Gruber Does Some Mincing

    S3:E2

    The sausage containing the painting of the Fallen Madonna, which was taken by Lieutenant Gruber's dog, is minced by the Lieutenant – but fortunately he discovers it first and saves it. At the same time, the missing knockwurst means that Monsieur Alphonse cannot get back the money which he lent to pay the ransom of the stolen sausage. The Resistance pays him back with Monsieur Leclerc's badly forged money. But after everything seems to be getting back to normal, the sausage is sent to Lieutenant Gruber to make another copy. Also, Michelle's latest plan to get the British airmen back is by an old plane with the engine from General Von Klinkerhoffen's motor mower.

    Directors:David Croft, Robin Carr
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  18. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 3 Episode 4 - Flight of Fancy
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #18 - Flight of Fancy

    S3:E4

    With René again in the possession of the sausage containing the painting of the Fallen Madonna, attention turns to getting the two British airmen out of France. Michelle's newest harebrained scheme of getting the airmen out is a steam engine tour through Nouvion, and will of course require eighty metres of braces, and it's René's job to get them from every Frenchman in Nouvion. Herr Flick and Helga arrive in his staff car to spy on the show.

    Directors:David Croft, Robin Carr
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  19. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 3 Episode 5 - Pretty Maids All in a Row
    8.2/10(7 votes)

    #19 - Pretty Maids All in a Row

    S3:E5

    After the plot to get the two British airmen out failed, a frustrated René returns to the painting of the Fallen Madonna. He hides it behind an ugly painting in his café which is immediately recognised by General Von Klinkerhoffen as a Van Gogh and requisitioned for his office in the chateau. He also requisitions the two new maids in Café René – or as they are better known: the two British airmen in disguise. Realising that the two airmen will be recognised right away, Michelle of the Resistance comes up with another harebrained scheme of digging a tunnel from Monsieur Alphonse's mortuary into the prisoner-of-war camp and smuggling in the two airmen.

    Directors:David Croft, Robin Carr
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  20. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 3 Episode 6 - The Great Un-Escape
    8.2/10(6 votes)

    #20 - The Great Un-Escape

    S3:E6

    While the Captain is sitting in the café, Herr Flick of the Gestapo is listening when René is talking to London on the wireless. He soon cracks the code of the message as the plan to dig a tunnel from the mortuary to hide the British airmen. But it's soon apparent that the two airmen and Monsieur Alphonse need help with the digging, and the café staff are called in, leaving Madame Fanny and Leclerc in the café. But the Colonel and the Captain follow René, discover the tunnel, and are captured in the prisoner-of-war camp.

    Directors:David Croft, Robin Carr
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  21. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 4 Episode 3 - Good Staff Are Hard to Find
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #21 - Good Staff Are Hard to Find

    S4:E3

    Since Maria's disappearance, the café needs another waitress, but René and Edith have somewhat different ideas about who should fill the position, but finally Michelle of the Resistance brings tiny Mimi from another cell to be René's bodyguard. In the meantime, General Von Klinkerhoffen gives the Colonel a new assistant - Italian liaison Captain Bertorelli.

    Directors:David Croft, Martin Dennis
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  22. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 4 Episode 6 - The Jet-Propelled Mother-in-Law
    8.2/10(5 votes)

    #22 - The Jet-Propelled Mother-in-Law

    S4:E6

    The Germans arrest René, and the Colonel demands an explanation for the knockwursts with explosives in them. After a small lie, René is sent home with around a dozen knockwursts to hang in his kitchen. Meanwhile, the British have sent a spy camera with which the Resistance should be able to photograph the plans for the German invasion of Great Britain, but the camera landed in the vineyard of Monsieur Alphonse, and since the Germans commandeered the vineyard, the Resistance cannot go and look for the camera. This problem is solved when the General orders every peasant in Nouvion to work on the vineyard, which also leaves room for some assassination attempts on the General's life.

    Directors:David Croft, Martin Dennis
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  23. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 5 Episode 1 - Desperate Doings in the Dungeon
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #23 - Desperate Doings in the Dungeon

    S5:E1

    Herr Flick is still held in the dungeons, and if he cracks he can divulge that the painting of the Fallen Madonna has been copied. That´s why he must be rescued by Helga, Von Smallhausen, and René - dressed as Himmler. The Colonel and the Lieutenant are ordered by the General to let Herr Flick die in a rescue attempt by the Resistance, but seeing the danger of getting caught in a crossfire, they dress up as Gestapo officers to rescue Herr Flick, only to find René chained up instead.

    Director:David Croft
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  24. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 5 Episode 4 - The Dreaded Circular Saw
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #24 - The Dreaded Circular Saw

    S5:E4

    Having blown the safe in Lieutenant Gruber's bedroom, René and Leclerc are surprised by its contents. The Communist Resistance lies in wait for their escape, and holds them hostage in a sawmill.

    Director:Martin Dennis
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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  25. 'Allo 'Allo! Season 6 Episode 1 - Desperate Doings in the Graveyard
    8.2/10(4 votes)

    #25 - Desperate Doings in the Graveyard

    S6:E1

    The latest escape plan for the British airmen involves them wading along the canal underneath a tin bath. Herr Flick and Von Smallhausen pose as escaped British airmen, hoping to be picked up by the Resistance. The Resistance have built a communication post in René's 'grave', in an effort to get around German jamming of their radio signals. René, Edith and Monsieur Alphonse try it out. René gets caught on the aerial and is hoisted above his 'grave'. Lieutenant Gruber sees him and thinks it's the ghost of René's 'twin brother'.

    Director:David Croft
    Writers:David Croft, Jeremy Lloyd

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Best Episodes Summary

"A Winkle in Time" is the best rated episode of "'Allo 'Allo!". It scored 9.1/10 based on 4 votes. Directed by John B. Hobbs and written by Jeremy Lloyd, Paul Adam, it aired on 12/14/1992. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "A Marriage of Inconvenience".