Overview
The misadventures of hapless cafe owner René Artois and his escapades with the Resistance in occupied France.
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Cast
Gorden Kaye
René Artois
Carmen Silvera
Edith Artois
Vicki Michelle
Yvette Carte-Blanche
Richard Marner
Colonel Kurt von Strohm
Kim Hartman
Private Helga Geerhart
Guy Siner
Lieutenant Hubert Gruber
Kirsten Cooke
Michelle Dubois
Rose Hill
Madame Fanny
Kenneth Connor
Monsieur Alfonse
Arthur Bostrom
Officer Crabtree
Hilary Minster
General Erich von Klinkerhoffen
David Janson
Herr Otto Flick
Sue Hodge
Mimi Labonq
John Louis Mansi
Herr Engelbert von Smallhausen
Robin Parkinson
Ernest Leclerc
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Keywords
franceraf (royal air force)small townworld war iiprisoner of warsurrealbritish armyworkplaceslapstick comedyparodyfrench resistancedark comedybreaking the fourth wallsoldiercafedouble entendresitcom1940sgerman armyperiod sitcom
Seasons
Specials5 episodes1982
Series 17 episodes1984
Series 26 episodes1985
Series 36 episodes1986
Series 46 episodes1987
Series 526 episodes1988
1
Desperate Doings in the Dungeon
1988-09-03
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2The Camera in the Potato
1988-09-10
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3Dinner with the General
1988-09-17
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4The Dreaded Circular Saw
1988-09-24
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5Otherwise Engaged
1988-10-01
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6A Marriage of Inconvenience
1988-10-08
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7No Hiding Place
1988-10-15
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8The Arrival of the Homing Duck
1988-10-22
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9Watch the Birdie
1988-10-29
30m8.7es161084
10René - Under an Assumed Nose
1988-11-05
30m8.2es161085
11The Confusion of the Generals
1988-11-12
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12Who's for the Vatican?
1988-11-19
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13Ribbing the Bonk
1988-11-26
30m8.0es161088
14The Reluctant Millionaires
1988-12-03
30m8.0es161089
15A Duck for Launch
1988-12-10
30m7.8es161090
16The Exploding Bedpan
1988-12-17
30m8.8es161091
17Going Like a Bomb
1988-12-24
30m7.8es161092
18Money to Burn
1988-12-31
30m7.6es161093
19Puddings Can Go Off
1989-01-07
30m8.4es161094
20Land Mines for London
1989-01-14
30m7.6es161095
21Flight to Geneva
1989-01-21
30m8.8es161096
22Train of Events
1989-01-28
30m8.0es161097
23An Enigma Variation
1989-02-04
30m8.5es161098
24Wedding Bloss
1989-02-11
30m8.2es161099
25Down the Drain
1989-02-18
30m8.2es161100
26All in Disgeese
1989-02-25
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Series 68 episodes1989
1
Desperate Doings in the Graveyard
1989-09-02
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2The Gestapo for the High Jump
1989-09-09
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3The Nouvion Oars
1989-09-16
30m8.0es161104
4The Nicked Airmen
1989-09-23
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5The Airmen De-Nicked
1989-09-30
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6The Crooked Fences
1989-10-07
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7Crabtree's Podgeon Pist
1989-10-14
30m8.0es161108
8Rising to the Occasion
1989-10-21
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Series 710 episodes1991
1
A Quiet Honeymoon
1991-01-05
30m8.0es161110
2An Almighty Bang
1991-01-12
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3Fleeing Monks
1991-01-26
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4Up the Crick Without a Piddle
1991-02-02
30m8.2es161113
5The Gestapo Ruins a Picnic
1991-02-02
30m8.2es161114
6The Spirit of Nouvion
1991-02-16
30m8.4es161115
7Leg It to Spain!
1991-02-23
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8Prior Engagements
1991-03-02
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9Soup and Sausage
1991-03-09
30m8.2es161118
10René of the Gypsies
1991-03-16
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Series 87 episodes1992
Added: 5/14/2026Updated: 6/4/2026