'Allo 'Allo - The Complete Series Seven [DVD]

Set in the second World War this is the next release of a send up of the French Resistance during the German occupation of France, and covers the escapades of Rene Artois, a French Resturant owner. He is a chance "Hero of the French Resistance" but is really more interested in taking chances with the hot blooded flirtations of his waitresses - and less interested in his wife and mother-in-law with whom his short verbal exchanges never amount to much more than, "Shut Up! You Silly Old Bat".It is made funnier by a German Leutenant who "is mad about the boy" - but of course one needs intrigue and skullduggery with stolen art and the "Gestoopo" who are always trying to catch the plot but usually miss it.A superb series that really must be part of your video collection.The frustrating part about buying these DVD's is that the distributor cannot do the honourable thing and release the entire series in one release. The excuse for this may well be marketing but this does not enhance my opinion of them for this policy. Hurry up and release the rest of the series, you idle slackers!!!!!

DVD does not read on the player, cannot watch. Purchased in Jan 2024, but since its later season, just tried watching in March. I guess it's too late to return, since it's not an option.

The seventh season of 'Allo 'Allo lives up to the promise of the first six. The hilarious misadventures of cafe owner Rene Artois and the rest of the characters - Germans, British, French, Italian - in occupiedFrance during WWII is not to be missed. There are the French Resistance ("Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once"), the Communist Resistance, a couple of silly British airman stranded in France and several German officers. All the girls and one guy, a German Lieutenant, are in love with Rene. The Gestapo is also represented by Herr Flick and his sidekick, both of whom walk with a limp (shades of Joseph Goebbels). Throw into the mix a host of other characters, weird disguises, improbable situation, and this is British comedy at its finest. You won't stop laughing. PBS showed this series many years ago, and I a so glad BBC has brought it out in DVD format. The last series (season 9) is due tobe released in October 2008. I can hardly wait!!

I ordered up these DVD's because it was a good, clean comedy that is set during WWII. Because it is British dry humor I needed to pay attention to everything said or I would miss the punch line. I found parts of each episode that would have me laughing out loud. I purchased the first seven years. I had read that after that thee were changes made that didn't lend to the previous episodes. I anyone has a comment on that, I'd like to hear.

Further episodes of this amusing series.Purists may be appalled at some of the changes of cast (Lt. Bertorelli and M. LeClerc), but one at least was unavoidable (due the untimely death of Jack Haig, the actor who played LeClerc). The actor who plays Rene Artois ( Gordon Kaye) sports a rather spectacular scar on the forehead in this series, due to a tree falling on him on 25th January 1990 during the spectacular storms in the UK, but the fun carries on as usual. The whole thing is a parody of a serious BBC TV series called "Secret Army" which was all about a cafe run by a prominent member of the Resistance. Lt Hans Gering makes a welcome return as a British Intelligence Officer and even Winston Churchill makes a cameo appearance. I did hear that Germans loved this series and I imaginee that the French were probably baffled by it. Strangely enought the British, who made it, are portrayed as complete idiots (e.g. the British airmen and the dreadful French spoken by the fake Gendarme Crabtree - "Good Moaning", which shows that the British still have the endearing quality of laughing at themselves.

I just about split my side watching these episodes. Some reviews have mentioned the series later than 5 were not as funny and that somehow the serious accident that Gordon Kaye (note the near vertical crease in his brow) experienced left him less able to entertain. My family disagrees with that - some of these episodes are the best we have seen. We have been buying each series in order to get the full effect and can barely wait to see Series 8.

A long time ago I bought series 2, 4, and 5 of this release which work without any problems as expected. Recently I decided to buy the 7th series. The DVDs are not from the same distributor and based on my experience they seem defective. I ordered series 7 about week ago, both dvds in the case had problems playing some episodes. I requested a replacement and the second set of dvds also had problems. I noticed the distributor is not Warner which might provide a clue to bugginess of the dvd content. Beware, don’t buy these leftovers.

'Allo 'Allo is one of the all-time best britcoms. It combines wit, adult innuendo and outright hilarity with a concept which has caused international controversy and intellectual reflection while taking the viewer on an easy yet wild ride. The show uses the unusual format for a sitcom of developing a storyline from the very first episode. Thus, it should be watched in order from the first episode of the first series. There are running gags reminiscent of the style used in predecessors such as "Get Smart." The subject matter is best suited to mature audiences. Enjoy!

Series Seven was complete, and that completes my series. It is of course, Hilarious. Thank you for completing my set, Sepp

funny program.