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Germans to see sitcom 'Allo 'Allo

(March 2008)

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It nice to see it getting shown over there, can I ask is there any other show that not been shown anywhere else due to the subject matter?


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Sitcom 'Allo 'Allo, about France under the Nazi occupation, is to be screened on German TV for the first time.

All eight series of the BBC comedy, which ran from 1982 to 1992, have been sold to broadcaster ProSiebenSat1.

A BBC spokesman said the show "had not been picked up in Germany until now due to the subject matter".

The show's 85 episodes, which poke fun at the Gestapo, French Resistance and the British, will be dubbed into German for its new audience.

Catchphrases

It is unclear whether the original show's comedy accents will be replicated in the German version.

Isabelle Helle, head of German-speaking territories at BBC Worldwide, said: "'Allo 'Allo is one of the most successful BBC comedies ever made and is already loved in over 50 countries."

She added they were "really excited" that ProSiebenSat1 had decided to take the entire run.

Lieutenant Gruber
The Nazis were often portrayed as bumbling buffoons

The long-running comedy, written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, became famous for the Germans' pursuit of an elusive painting called The Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies.

The show also gave rise to catchphrases such as "listen very carefully, I shall say this only once" from a sultry Resistance fighter, while a British agent who spoke poor French regularly used the greeting "good moaning".

The central figure in the show was French cafe owner Rene Artois, played by actor Gorden Kaye.

His on-screen wife was played by Carmen Silvera, who died in 2002.

The television series spawned a successful stage tour from 1986, which also featured most of the sitcom's cast.

In 2007, the show returned for a one-off special which reunited several members of the cast including Kaye.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7286459.stm
JO
Jon
623058 posted:
It nice to see it getting shown over there, can I ask is there any other show that not been shown anywhere else due to the subject matter?


Quote:
Sitcom 'Allo 'Allo, about France under the Nazi occupation, is to be screened on German TV for the first time.

All eight series of the BBC comedy, which ran from 1982 to 1992, have been sold to broadcaster ProSiebenSat1.

A BBC spokesman said the show "had not been picked up in Germany until now due to the subject matter".

The show's 85 episodes, which poke fun at the Gestapo, French Resistance and the British, will be dubbed into German for its new audience.

Catchphrases

It is unclear whether the original show's comedy accents will be replicated in the German version.

Isabelle Helle, head of German-speaking territories at BBC Worldwide, said: "'Allo 'Allo is one of the most successful BBC comedies ever made and is already loved in over 50 countries."

She added they were "really excited" that ProSiebenSat1 had decided to take the entire run.

Lieutenant Gruber
The Nazis were often portrayed as bumbling buffoons

The long-running comedy, written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, became famous for the Germans' pursuit of an elusive painting called The Fallen Madonna With The Big Boobies.

The show also gave rise to catchphrases such as "listen very carefully, I shall say this only once" from a sultry Resistance fighter, while a British agent who spoke poor French regularly used the greeting "good moaning".

The central figure in the show was French cafe owner Rene Artois, played by actor Gorden Kaye.

His on-screen wife was played by Carmen Silvera, who died in 2002.

The television series spawned a successful stage tour from 1986, which also featured most of the sitcom's cast.

In 2007, the show returned for a one-off special which reunited several members of the cast including Kaye.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7286459.stm


A certain episode of Fawlty Towers (the Germans) inst shown over there.
DC
DrCheese
hmm, a lot of the humour was done on this show via the dodgy accents the characters had. I wonder if this will translate into German well, If they keep them at all that is.
PC
Philip Cobbold
DrCheese posted:
hmm, a lot of the humour was done on this show via the dodgy accents the characters had. I wonder if this will translate into German well, If they keep them at all that is.

Well it's already been sold in France and dubbed into French, and apparently works quite well.
AM
Andrew M
Not surprised its taken so long. When comedy connections did Allo Allo, this was the only major country not to buy it. They said it was due to the legality of even mentioning Naziism in Germany. Not sure what's changed though.
RM
Roger Mellie
Philip Cobbold posted:
DrCheese posted:
hmm, a lot of the humour was done on this show via the dodgy accents the characters had. I wonder if this will translate into German well, If they keep them at all that is.

Well it's already been sold in France and dubbed into French, and apparently works quite well.


For the Officer Crabtrees dialogue, they use puns in French I believe-- given that English malapropisms wouldn't work in French (apart from passer/pi*ser perhaps!)

I think Allo Allo is the BBC's most succesful comedy globally, has been aired in virtually all countries (except Germany of course-- thought any Nazi symbology was illegal?). The French people I know lap Allo Allo up-- not sure if Italians like it though!

No worse than a certain Mel Brooks musical I guess..
ST
stevek
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NW
nwtv2003
Allo Allo is very popular in Hungary, it's shown daily on M2 (like BBC2) and the DVD's sold out too. I don't think its that funny, but I guess others must love it.
NJ
Neil Jones Founding member
wells posted:
A certain episode of Fawlty Towers (the Germans) inst shown over there.


Said episode has been aired in Germany. Plenty of times, just not as often as it is over here where it can be seen pretty much every fortnight on UKTV Gold.
RM
Roger Mellie
Neil Jones posted:
wells posted:
A certain episode of Fawlty Towers (the Germans) inst shown over there.


Said episode has been aired in Germany. Plenty of times, just not as often as it is over here where it can be seen pretty much every fortnight on UKTV Gold.


Aaah. Obviously that epi not being shown in Germany was an urban myth spread by Henning Wehn (he claimed recently in a documentary that was the case)
AM
amosc100
All episodes are shown at least once a year here in NL - along with original soundtrack and Dutch subtitles!!!!

Now are we sure that the second official Dutch language in Fresian and not English???

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