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10/03/2008
'Allo 'Allo' Bought By Germans
The iconic Second World War sitcom 'Allo 'Allo' has been sold to the Germans.
The hit show - which was set in Nazi-occupied France and poked fun at the Gestapo - will be broadcast to German audiences for the first time.
The comedy accents could end up lost in translation, however, as the whole show will be dubbed into German.
BBC Worldwide struck the unlikely deal with broadcaster ProSiebenSat1, which will show all eight series (83 episodes).
A BBC spokeswoman said: "Both BBC Worldwide and ProSiebenSat1 are very happy about the deal. ''Allo 'Allo' is a high quality programme which had not been picked up in Germany until now due to the subject matter."
The show ran on BBC1 from 1982-1991 and remains one of Britain's best-loved sitcoms.
Gorden Kaye starred as harassed café owner Renee Artois, who risked his neck to aid the Resistance and stay out of trouble with the Nazis, with Carmen Silvera as his wife Edith and Richard Gibson as Gestapo officer Herr Flick.
A long-running joke had Renee hiding a painting, 'The Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies', inside a garlic sausage.
Other characters included Officer Crabtree (Arthur Bostrom), whose mangled vowels led him to adopt the greeting: "Good moaning."
Isabelle Helle, head of German-speaking territories at BBC Worldwide described the sitcom as "one of the most successful BBC comedies ever made and is already loved in over 50 countries.
"We're really excited that ProSiebenSat1 has decided to take all series - now German viewers will be able to follow the daily café antics of Renee, Edith and the Gestapo and might even pick up on some of those famous catchphrases: "Listen very carefully, I shall say zis only once...'."
(BMcC/KMcA)
The hit show - which was set in Nazi-occupied France and poked fun at the Gestapo - will be broadcast to German audiences for the first time.
The comedy accents could end up lost in translation, however, as the whole show will be dubbed into German.
BBC Worldwide struck the unlikely deal with broadcaster ProSiebenSat1, which will show all eight series (83 episodes).
A BBC spokeswoman said: "Both BBC Worldwide and ProSiebenSat1 are very happy about the deal. ''Allo 'Allo' is a high quality programme which had not been picked up in Germany until now due to the subject matter."
The show ran on BBC1 from 1982-1991 and remains one of Britain's best-loved sitcoms.
Gorden Kaye starred as harassed café owner Renee Artois, who risked his neck to aid the Resistance and stay out of trouble with the Nazis, with Carmen Silvera as his wife Edith and Richard Gibson as Gestapo officer Herr Flick.
A long-running joke had Renee hiding a painting, 'The Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies', inside a garlic sausage.
Other characters included Officer Crabtree (Arthur Bostrom), whose mangled vowels led him to adopt the greeting: "Good moaning."
Isabelle Helle, head of German-speaking territories at BBC Worldwide described the sitcom as "one of the most successful BBC comedies ever made and is already loved in over 50 countries.
"We're really excited that ProSiebenSat1 has decided to take all series - now German viewers will be able to follow the daily café antics of Renee, Edith and the Gestapo and might even pick up on some of those famous catchphrases: "Listen very carefully, I shall say zis only once...'."
(BMcC/KMcA)
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