’Allo ’Allo!…
DOCUMENTARY 9PM, CHANNEL 5
…40 Years of Laughter. David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd had the idea for comedy ’Allo ’Allo! while watching the BBC drama Secret Army. It was an inspired idea to pinch lines such as ‘I will say this only once’ (and cast Secret Army’s Richard Marner and Guy Siner in their sitcom as Nazis). Add a phlegmatic cafe owner, sexy French waitresses and two clueless RAF officers and you have the perfect farce, which attracted 17million viewers when it aired in 1982. Some of the cast – including the late Gorden Kaye, Vicki Michelle and Kim Hartman – share favourite moments. Nostalgia TV at its best! ★★★★ MC