The BEST episodes of 'Allo 'Allo! season 1

Every episode of 'Allo 'Allo! season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of 'Allo 'Allo! season 1!

In this spoof of World War II, René Artois runs a café in German-occupied France. He always seems to have his hands full: He's having affairs with most of his waitresses, he's keeping his wife happy, he's trying to please the German soldiers who frequent his café, and he's running a major underground operation for the Resistance.

Last Updated: 11/13/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
The Execution
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8.03
299 votes

#1 - The Execution

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/28/1984

Hans mistakes the nitro for gin and accidentally blows up the railway himself! The Germans capture René, Yvette, and the peasant-disguised Colonel and Captain. As Helga, LeClerc, and Edith each attempt to help the gang escape, General Von Klinkerhoffen arrives in town and demands that the only known saboteur be shot. This means - René's death by firing squad, with Lieutenant Gruber in charge of the squad!

Directors: David Croft
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Red Nick's Colonel
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7.89
227 votes

#2 - Red Nick's Colonel

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/19/1984

The Communist Resistance wants to make a martyr out of the dead René, and kidnaps the Colonel and the Captain at the Captain's birthday party. To make matters worse, they offer them on a platter to René's twin brother René, so that he can shoot them.

Directors: David Croft
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Saville Row to the Rescue
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7.84
354 votes

#3 - Saville Row to the Rescue

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1984

The Colonel and the Captain and Herr Flick are all disguised as onion sellers while the German uniforms are being remade by the Jewish tailors of London. Michelle delivers a bottle of nitro-glycerin disguised as a bottle of Bols Gin to hide in the Café until they come to fetch it that night to blow up a German railway.

Directors: David Croft
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Pigeon Post
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7.76
399 votes

#4 - Pigeon Post

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1984

After the Colonel's and the Captain's uniforms are borrowed by the British airmen, and later burned, they will have to send for replacement uniforms. Supplied by Michelle are carrier pigeons, which Madame Edith accidentally cooks and serves to Herr Otto Flick.

Directors: David Croft
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The British 'ave Come / The Fallen Madonna
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7.73
494 votes

#5 - The British 'ave Come / The Fallen Madonna

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/7/1984

Alternative name: "The Fallen Madonna" The Colonel and the Captain mull over their situation and decide they should probably hand over René and the painting to the Gestapo in order to get rid of Herr Flick. But René convinces them that they could hand over a forged copy of the painting instead (with the assistance of a conveniently-located forger), and gets them to lend their uniforms to the escaping British officers so the Brits can take the painting to England to be forged. Meanwhile, everyone keeps handing René poison pills "to make it easier", Herr Flick decides his relationship with Helga should include an intimate dinner in René's back room, and Hans figures out that putting cheese in one's ears improves the sound of Madame Edith's singing.

Directors: David Croft
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The Dance of Hitler Youth
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7.54
203 votes

#6 - The Dance of Hitler Youth

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/26/1984

The Colonel's birthday party becomes a perfect opportunity for getting the real painting of the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies back from Herr Flick of the Gestapo, and substituting it with the forgery that was made earlier. The plan is to not invite Herr Flick but make sure that he hears about the big Binge - a traditional feast with genuine Bavarian dances featuring girls dressed as the Hitler Youth - so that he will have to come. In the meantime, René and Edith are supposed to walk into the office of Herr Flick and substitute the real with the fake. Of course, they fail - which means that Herr Flick now both has the fake and the original plus a second forgery, which he commissioned on his own in order to have money for his marriage with Helga after the war...

Directors: David Croft
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The Funeral
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7.52
258 votes

#7 - The Funeral

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/5/1984

René tries to go back to his normal life after his fake execution, posing as his twin brother, also named René, but the funeral arrangements are difficult when there is no body, Monsieur LeClerc is cheaper than the regular priest and the coffin is filled with anti-tank bombs.

Directors: David Croft
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