Answer: Herr Otto Flick
Herr Flick is described as "mad as a snake". His uncle is none other than Heinrich Himmler.
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Answer: Nouvion
Although the establishment which is central to the programme is supposedly fictitious; there must be thousands of 'Cafés René' in France, the village of 'Nouvion' actually exists. Nouvion, which is also referred to as Nouvion-en-Ponthieu, is a small village or commune of around twelve hundred souls located in the Picardy region of north-eastern France. During the making of the programme, no filming ever took place in Nouvion but was instead filmed in the county of Norfolk in the east of England.
From Quiz: War Is Hell! But Sometimes Hilarious - Allo, Allo
Answer: Michelle
Michelle Dubois, known as Michelle of the Resistance.
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Answer: Rene Artois
Why women find Rene so utterly irresistible is a mystery. Only Helga and Michelle seem immune to his charms. He is the unwilling pawn between the Resistance and the Germans.
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Answer: Captain Hans Geering
Or 'Klop!', if you will. This is what always came out of Captain Hans' mouth when everyone else was saying 'Heil Hitler!'
It was also Hans that said the epic line: 'Do you not see? That if you kill him with the pill from the till by making with it the drug in the jug, you need not light the candle with the handle on the gâteau from the château.'
From Quiz: 'Allo Allo!' Catchphrases: Seasons 1-7
Answer: Fairfax - Carstairs
How did they ever get into the RAF?
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Answer: Arthur Crabtree
Crabtree's "French" is often the funniest part of the show. "Good Moaning!" He is posing as a French police officer.
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Answer: Earplugs or cheese
"Boom!
Why did my heart go boom,
Me and my heart go boom,
Boom titty boom once I found you".
"Boom!
(René - "Edith, you've cleared the room!")
I can see love in bloom,
Boom titty boom all around you".
Only slightly more tuneless than Madame Edith's singing voice is that of her mother, Madame Fanny La Fan, played by Rose Hill, and on those occasions when they both entertain the patrons the sound is dreadful; so bad in fact that the locals were known to stick cheese in their ears to block out the sound! Search for this and other musical gems from the show and I promise you lots of sniggering! Ironically both Carmen Silvera and Rose Hill could both sing well; Rose Hill particularly, had enjoyed a long and successful career as an operatic soprano having performed with both the Royal Shakespeare Company and Sadler's Wells Company which later became the English National Opera.
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Answer: Michelle of the Resistance
Or, 'only wernce', to be more precise. Quite often, people didn't quite catch what she said initially, so she had to say 'I shall say this only once' more than once...
From Quiz: 'Allo Allo!' Catchphrases: Seasons 1-7
Answer: Cpt. Hans Geering
Played by Sam Kelly.
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Answer: Private Helga Geerhart
Helga is "engaged" to marry Herr Flick after the war, yet she seems to be working against him more often than not.
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Answer: Vicki Michelle (Yvette Carte-Blanche)
Wet celery, a flying helmet and occasionally an egg-whisk are all implements used by Yvette to entertain German officers in the rooms above the café. However, Yvette loves René and wants to run away with him to get married in Switzerland. Unfortunately for Yvette, events conspire to ensure that René must remain with his wife Edith. Unbeknown to Yvette, he was also having a relationship with the other waitress at the café, both Mimi LaBonq and Maria Recamier albeit on different occasions during the show's run, neither of which had any idea that he is seeing the other at the same time!
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Answer: Lieutenant Gruber
After Captain Hans left the show, Gruber stepped into the role of Colonel von Strohm's right hand man. As we all know, being the Colonel's sidekick tends to involve secreting quite a number of things in your trousers and trying to act natural.
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Answer: Fanny le Fan
Mimi and Yvette were the waitresses. Edith is his wife.
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Answer: Monsieur Alphonse
Despite his "dicky ticker", the wealthy Monsieur Alphonse is constantly fondling Madame Edith.
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Answer: Leclerc
He'd say this whilst raising his spectacles, which were usually a main component of the cunning disguise. Rene once commented that Roger Leclerc was 'A man of a thousand faces, every one the same.'
From Quiz: 'Allo Allo!' Catchphrases: Seasons 1-7
Answer: Lt. Hubert Gruber
Otto Flick was played by Richard Gibson and David Janson, von Strohm by Richard Marner, and the Gen. by Hilary Minster.
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Answer: Lieutenant Hubert Gruber
Lieutenant Gruber replaced Captain Geering in season 4. He, like all the women, is mad for Rene. He is very fond of his "little tank" and even gave it a pet name.
From Quiz: "Allo Allo!" The Characters of Nouvion
Answer: Helga Geerhart
Captain Helga Geerhart made no secret of the fact that she found Herr Flick 'most exciting'...quite a few others made it no secret that they were very appreciative of Helga's charms, including General von Klinkerhoffen, who called her 'a shining example of German womanhood'.
Helga is also memorable for her wonderful shouting voice, and her special underwear with 'ze liddle swastikas' on it.
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Answer: Madame Fanny
Madame Fanny lives in the attic and constantly bangs on the floor with her cane. "Will no one come to my assistance?" The radio is hidden under her bed.
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Answer: The British airmen
A thread that ran through all nine series of 'Allo, Allo', were the attempts to return the British airmen back to England. Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenants Fairfax and Carstairs, played by John D. Collins and Nicholas Frankau respectively appeared in series one to seven of the programme's run, finally escaping back to England at the end of series seven although the viewer is given no further information as to how this was achieved; given the comedic effort that the writers had put into previous series, and the importance to the programme as a whole that had been placed on the return of the British airmen, this was something of a disappointment.
From Quiz: War Is Hell! But Sometimes Hilarious - Allo, Allo
Answer: Captain Bertorelli
Captain Alberto Bertorelli was perhaps the only person who could tolerate Madame Edith's singing, and was perpetually ogling one beautiful 'laiydee' or the other. The exuberant Captain was played with gusto by Gavin Richards from seasons four to six, then by Roger Kitter in season seven.
From Quiz: 'Allo Allo!' Catchphrases: Seasons 1-7
Answer: Monsieur Roger LeClerc
He was Fanny's former paramour, and feels it necessary to identify himself when wearing very bad disguises. "It is I, LeClerc!" In his younger years he was not only a safe cracker, but a forger and burglar as well.
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Answer: Yvette Carte-Blanche
Yvette could often be heard saying this to her sweetheart, Rene. Rene got around quite a bit, as besides being married to Madame Edith, he was having it off with both Yvette and Maria. When Maria left, and was replaced by Mimi la Bonque, she quickly took a shine to Rene too. Denise Laroque (of the Communist Resistance) also pursued him after discovering that he was her long-lost childhood sweetheart.
From Quiz: 'Allo Allo!' Catchphrases: Seasons 1-7
Answer: Englebert Von Smallhausen
Von Smallhausen is Herr Flick's badly-treated stooge who often receives the punishment meant for his boss.
From Quiz: "Allo Allo!" The Characters of Nouvion
Answer: Monsieur Alfonse
Monsieur Alfonse was a martyr to his dicky ticker (he was more often than not on the point of a major heart attack) and his tricky truss. I was in two minds whether to choose that quote, or 'Swiftly and with style', another staple Monsieur Alfonse line. The well-dressed funeral director paid court to Madame Edith, much to Rene's chagrin (Rene wanted to hang on to Edith's assets. Her financial ones, anyway).
From Quiz: 'Allo Allo!' Catchphrases: Seasons 1-7
Answer: Mimi Labonq
Mimi is working with the Resistance and has an attitude three times bigger than she is. Don't mess with Mimi. She, like all other other women, is in love with Rene. She came to the cafe when Maria disguised herself as a Red Cross parcel and got mailed to Switzerland.
From Quiz: "Allo Allo!" The Characters of Nouvion
Answer: 1992
Between 1982 and 1992 85 episodes, in nine series, including the pilot and two Christmas specials were broadcast. In 1994 a special edition was broadcast by the BBC which consisted, in the main, of clips from the show interspersed with cast interviews. In 1990 Gorden Kaye was seriously injured whilst driving home after filming when gale force winds blew a piece of an advertising board through his car windscreen resulting in him suffering severe head injuries; the scar with which the storm left him can be clearly seen in subsequent episodes. Who says that the Germans don't have a sense of humour? In 2008 a German television channel purchased the rights to broadcast all nine series which were to be overdubbed into German!
From Quiz: War Is Hell! But Sometimes Hilarious - Allo, Allo
Answer: Rene Artois
Rene would say this emphatically whenever Madame Edith caught him with a female of the opposite sex (usually Yvette, Mimi or Maria). He would then provide a perfectly logical explanation for why he was in such a compromising position....and he always got away with it!
From Quiz: 'Allo Allo!' Catchphrases: Seasons 1-7
Answer: Denise Laroque
Denise is the leader of the Communist Resistance. She is still in love with Rene and will not take no for an answer. She even tried to force him into marriage.
From Quiz: "Allo Allo!" The Characters of Nouvion
Answer: General Erich Von Klinkerhoffen
Gen. Klinkerhoffen is Colonel Von Strohm's boss. He has a habit of blaming Von Strohm for his bad ideas.
From Quiz: "Allo Allo!" The Characters of Nouvion
Answer: Michelle DuBois
Michelle of the Resistance will "say zees only vonce". She works at the post office when she's not coming up with wild schemes and getting Rene into trouble.
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Answer: Madame Edith
Madame Edith sings at the cafe, even though she sounds like a scalded cat. "You stupid woman!" Monsieur Alphonse and Captain Bertorelli are more interested in her than her own husband.
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Answer: Captain Bertorelli
Captain Bertorelli is also crazy about Madame Edith, and leads a motley crew of Italian mercenaries from the finest prisons in Italy. "Whadda mistake-a to make-a!"
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