Category: Allo Allo
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Allo Allo To Secret Army
You’d be forgiven now for not knowing that ‘Allo ‘Allo was a straight up parody of the flagship BBC drama Secret Army. But a look at the press coverage at the time of the pilot’s broadcast leaves that fact in little doubt. Or this, from 1984 when the full series first began … A charge…
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We’ll Think Of Something, Jacko
Sam Kelly has appeared in a number of excellent comedy roles in his time, not least as Warren in Porridge and Hans in ‘Allo ‘Allo. It’s rather suprirsing then that he never really got a chance to lead a sitcom, given those great performances. But he was the starring role in ITV’s We’ll Think Of…
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‘Allo ‘Allo Returns
Here’s a snippet of BBC One continuity from April of 1985. It’s a pretty eclectic line up on the menu too, what with Dynasty following an episode of Kenny Everett.
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‘Allo ‘Allo! Cartoon Fun! Computer Game
I mean, as cross-media licences go, it’s not unusual for sitcoms to get there own computer games (ALF, The Office, Home Improvement, and The Young Ones all had one, among others), but ‘Allo ‘Allo seems an odd choice. Especially when the platformer they created seems so disconnected from the series. It seems to me like…
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Gorden Kaye On Wogan
Here’s an interview from Wogan, with Gordon Kaye, just as the first series of ‘Allo ‘Allo was gathering an audience, and the second series had just been shot. I still find it odd hearing Kaye’s real accent, and it’s interesting to hear him make reference to Secret Army. Why are there bits of the Every…
