'ALLO, 'ALLO!
COMEDY / HISTORY / WAR
UNITED KINGDOM
1982-1992
'ALLO 'ALLO! is a British sitcom television series created by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, starring Gorden Kaye, and originally broadcast on BBC One. Croft and Lloyd devised the concept as a parody of BBC wartime drama Secret Army. ''ALLO 'ALLO! consists of 85 episodes of 45 minutes.
STORY: The sitcom focuses on the life of a French café owner in Nouvion, during the German occupation of France in the Second World War, who has to deal with problems caused by a dishonest German officer, a local French Resistance leader, a stolen painting, and a pair of trapped British airmen, while concealing from his wife the secret affairs he is having with his waitresses.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Lieutenant (later Oberleutnant) Hubert Gruber (Guy Siner) is one of the main German characters in 'Allo 'Allo!’. From the very beginning of the series he shows a strong affection to René Artois (Gorden Kaye), which becomes a running gag during the whole series. He is assigned as an ADC (aide-de-camp) to General Von Klinkerhoffen (Hilary Minster). René accepts Gruber's advances in order to stay out of the picture of the Germans.
René Artois (Gorden Kaye) & Lieutenant Hubert Gruber (Guy Siner)
GORDEN KAYE (1982-1992)
April 7, 1941, Huddersfield, UK
† January 23, 2017, Knaresborough, UK
GUY SINER (1982-1992) October 16, 1947, New York City, NY, USA
SPECIAL: Allo 'Allo!, much of the humour is derived from classic elements of comedy including classic farce set-ups, physical comedy and visual gags, alongside a large amount of sexual innuendo and a fast-paced running string of broad cultural clichés. Like most characters devised for previous sitcoms, the cast for the programme were designed with notable elements to distinguish them throughout the series, whether it is a catchphrase, gimmick, or saying.
AWARDS: ‘’ALLO ‘ALLO!’: Nominated for 5 BAFTA’s. 1 win and 5 nominations.
