'Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992 comprising of 85 episodes. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the wartime drama Secret Army and was created by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd.
Lloyd and Croft wrote the first 6 series. Series 7 onward was written by Lloyd and Paul Adam. Lloyd and Croft were also responsible for the popular sitcom Are You Being Served?. In 2004, 'Allo 'Allo! came 13th in Britain's Best Sitcom. A reunion special The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!, comprising new material, archive clips and specially recorded interviews, was broadcast on 28 April 2007 on BBC Two.
Premise[]
Set during World War II, 'Allo 'Allo! tells the story of René Artois, a French café owner in the town of Nouvion (the town square was based on a courtyard at Lynford Hall, Norfolk where the pilot episode was shot). Germans have occupied the town and stolen all of its valuable artefacts.
