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To
celebrate the region 4 release by Roadshow Home Entertainment of the
fifth season of Allo Allo we have five sets to give away.
With its international following
Allo Allo had by the time of its fifth season really refined its ouvre
of double entendre jokes, saucy French maid style antics and comedy of
farcical proportions and the confidence of the cast and writers really
shines through.
Ostensibly a send up of classic
BBC world war II drama Secret Army transplanting the action from Belgium
to France. Gorden Kaye plays put upon cafe owner Rene Artois whose very
stressful life is full of invading Germans, resisting French and shot
down English down English airmen, add to this his troubled personal
life, married portly Rene is having an affair with his buxom, sexy
waitress Yvette.
Every episode follows on in
serial format and there is ample use of catchphrases (pretty much every
character has one). The creators of the series, Jeremy Lloyd and
David Croft, came in for a fair amount of stick over their making fun of
the war but they always maintained that they were poking fun at TV and
Cinema's portrayal of the war and that is certainly clear when you watch
the series. |
