EDIT
Episode Summary
While the Captain is sitting in the caf, sulking because the Colonel is not talking to him since Edith used the Captain's gun to shoot two tarts the night before, herr Flick from the Gestapo is listening when Ren is talking to London on the wireless. He soon cracks the code surrounding the message with the plan to dig a tunnel from the mortuary to hide the British airmen.
But it's soon apparent that the two airmen and Monsieur Alphonse need help with the digging, and the caf staff are called in, leaving Madame Fanny and LeClerc in the caf. But the Colonel and the Captain follow Ren, discover the tunnel, and are captured in the prisoner of war camp, where the General is about to perform an inspection...moreless
But it's soon apparent that the two airmen and Monsieur Alphonse need help with the digging, and the caf staff are called in, leaving Madame Fanny and LeClerc in the caf. But the Colonel and the Captain follow Ren, discover the tunnel, and are captured in the prisoner of war camp, where the General is about to perform an inspection...moreless
-
Guy Siner
Lieutenant Hubert Gruber
-
Gorden Kaye
René Artois
-
Carmen Silvera
Edith Melba Artois
Trivia, Notes, Quotes and Allusions
See All-
Trivia
ADD TRIVIA- Goof: This episode is set in 1941, but Madame Fanny sings "La Vie en Rose", a song Edith Piaf wrote in 1946. Edit
-
Notes
ADD NOTES- We learnt that RAF airmen Fairfax and Carstairs are from 402 Squadron. Edit
- Madame Fanny tells Edith that Vincent Van Gogh (whom she liked to call "Bobby") was in love with her, and threatened to emasculate himself if she would not marry him. She says she later recieved an ear in the post. If you don't know already, Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) was a real-life Dutch post-Impressionist artist who suffered mental problems, leading to his suicide aged 37. Legend says he cut his own ear off during a seizure on Christmas Eve 1888, wrapping it in newspaper and giving it to a prostitute at the local brothel he frequented. The inference here is that Madame Fanny was that prostitute. Edit
- Herr Von Smallhausen was educated at Oxford University, in England. Edit
-
Quotes
ADD QUOTES- (the gang pretend to be British) Fairfax: Hello! Carstairs: Hello. Rene: Bang on! Edith: Wizard prang! Yvette: Pip pip! Maria: Toodle-oo! Michelle: Chocks away! Von Strohm: Hello... old fruit! Hans: Hitler... has only got one... Von Klinkerhoffen: SILENCE! Edit
- (delivering the good and bad "nose") Crabtree: "I have hashed up the shatting of the two tits. The Gestapo are hoovering round the graveyid, disgeezed as a nan, a boshop and a Roman Catholic Farter." Edith: "Where are the airmen?" Crabtree: "They have taken spades, they have crapped along the tunnel, and are dogging." Edit
- (speaking of Hitler) Rene: There is nothing worse than a bad-tempered decorator. Edit
-
Allusions
ADD ALLUSIONS- The title of this episode alludes to the 1963 film call "the Great Escape" (starring Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, etc.) in which several hundred British prisoners of war plan a mass escape. An absolute classic movie. Edit
Show Forums
Add a Topic
See All
Last Activity
Replies
-
Favourite Quotes
03/21/1010
-
Allo! Allo! is on tv
11/02/098
-
Who's your favorite character?
10/13/0938
-
Did Rene' ever get caught in his affairs?
10/05/084
-
Gruber and Rene
06/19/086
Season 3 Episodes
See AllEp 6
The Great Un-Escape
Ep 5
Pretty Maids All In A Row
Ep 4
Flight of Fancy
Ep 3
The Sausage In the Wardrobe
Ep 2
Gruber Does Some Mincing
Ep 1
The Nicked Knockwurst
-
grahambza EDITOR
User Score: 863
-
UltimoGuerriero
User Score: 345
-
francklloyd
User Score: 272
-
GiX_MiX
User Score: 224
-
dmarex
User Score: 193
-
pinklavender
User Score: 70
-
odino_
User Score: 33
-
AngelusNL
User Score: 32
-
quiltlifting
User Score: 22
-
rb1962
User Score: 18
-
siftybastard
User Score: 14
More
Less
