The Best of 'Allo 'Allo!
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The Best of 'Allo 'Allo! was broadcast on August 17, 1994, two years after the ending of the BBC
sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
, to celebrate the 10th anniversary
of the broadcast of the first series. The actual pilot for the show had been broadcast nearly 12 years earlier, when this show was broadcast.
The episode is a mixture of new footage and archive footage from past episodes.
René and Edith are in the Alps celebrating her 35th birthday - Edith has knocked the war years off her true age, including the World War I
and the Crimean War
! This event brings them to remember the incidents which took place during World War II
; in particular the events which took place in their hometown of Nouvion.
What follows is a collection of highlights from the show's eighty-five episodes, interweaved with Edith and René's reminiscences. A complete list of the archive footage:
At the end of the episode, René and Edith re-affirm their love for each other; the archive clip of them singing Sweet Sixteen
together (5.18) is shown; and the final scene is of them clinking champagne glasses together.
The familiar "You have been watching" credits roll at the end of the episode, crediting every actor who played in the show, as well as the directors and producers.
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
'Allo 'Allo!
'Allo 'Allo! is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC One from 1982 to 1992 comprising eighty-five episodes. It is a parody of another BBC programme, the wartime drama Secret Army, and was created by David Croft, who also wrote the theme music, and Jeremy Lloyd. Lloyd and Croft wrote the first 6...
, to celebrate the 10th anniversary
Anniversary
An anniversary is a day that commemorates or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same day of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event. One year later would be the first anniversary of that event...
of the broadcast of the first series. The actual pilot for the show had been broadcast nearly 12 years earlier, when this show was broadcast.
The episode is a mixture of new footage and archive footage from past episodes.
Plot
The episode is set some time after the end of the war. No date is given, but clearly it's before the last regular episode (where René elopes with Yvette).René and Edith are in the Alps celebrating her 35th birthday - Edith has knocked the war years off her true age, including the World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
and the Crimean War
Crimean War
The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
! This event brings them to remember the incidents which took place during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
; in particular the events which took place in their hometown of Nouvion.
What follows is a collection of highlights from the show's eighty-five episodes, interweaved with Edith and René's reminiscences. A complete list of the archive footage:
- LeClerc the forger turns up at the café, and Lt. Gruber meets René for the first time (Pilot).
- Hans and the Colonel are forced to hide the priceless cuckoo clock and the Fallen Madonna, when Herr Flick turns up looking for them (Pilot).
- A collection of Michelle's catchphrase - "Listen Carefully, I shall say this only once..."
- Michelle announcing that the British airmen, whilst wearing German uniforms, have been captured by the Communist Resistance (1.02).
- Maria dressed as a boy, delivering a pigeon to René (1.02)
- Herr Flick and Helga strip to change into their onion-seller disguises.(1.02)
- René appears before General Von Klinkerhoffen, who orders him to be shot (1.04).
- Gruber places flowers on René's grave; just as René rises from the ground on the Resistance's hidden radio mast (6.01).
- René, Mimi, and the Flying Nun incident (4.04).
- Crabtree tells René of his latest "nose" (2.04).
- René, the Colonel, Gruber, Herr Flick and the exploding nose incident (5.10).
- René dressed as a Resistance girl, and giving Gruber the wrong idea (2.06).
- René, LeClerc and the dreaded circular-saw incident (5.04).
- A collection of René's various affairs with Maria and Yvette.
- Interviewing possible candidates for the waitress job (4.03).
- René's affair with Mimi (series 4).
- A collection of Madame Fanny's bedroom incidents.
- A collection of LeClerc's catchphrase - "It is I, LeClerc!"
- The marriage ceremony of Ernest LeClerc and Madame Fanny (6.07).
- Monseiur Alfonse expresses his love for Madame Edith (2.04).
- Herr Flick and Helga repair a puncture (3.04).
At the end of the episode, René and Edith re-affirm their love for each other; the archive clip of them singing Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen may refer to:*Sweet sixteen , a party thrown in honor of a girl's or very rarely, a boy's, sixteenth birthday, primarily in the United States...
together (5.18) is shown; and the final scene is of them clinking champagne glasses together.
The familiar "You have been watching" credits roll at the end of the episode, crediting every actor who played in the show, as well as the directors and producers.