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'Allo 'Allo Series 5 Vol. 1 | 
 enlarge | Actors: Gorden Kaye, Vicky Michelle, Kim Hartman, Gavin Richards, Richard Marner
Studio: Universal Pictures UK
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 1573
Format: Box Set, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Number Of Items: 2
Running Time: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582445572
ASIN: B000I2IZQ6
Release Date: October 23, 2006
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Amazon.co.uk Review
'Allo, 'Allo! was a wildly popular British sitcom making unlikely humour of the German occupation of France, succeeding because of its sheer lunacy, and the amiable performance of veteran character actor Gordon Kaye, as café owner René Artois. René finds himself surrounded by buffoonish German officers, who are easily duped yet still keep René on his toes, and sometimes in hot water. He also must juggle the imperious French Resistance leader, Michelle DuBois (recurring gag: Michelle says, "Listen very carefully. I shall say this only once"--but never manages to get out the urgent message), his jealous wife (Carmen Silvera), and all his staff waitresses, who find the doughy René sexually irresistible. It is all très French, n'est-ce pas? Yet also very British in its broad slapstick tone; and TV buffs will see more than a hint of Hogan's Heroes, M*A*S*H, and even the old spy series Get Smart. This chunk of season 5, with 13 episodes on two discs, features as many crazy sight gags as ever, including a special "spy camera" disguised inside a potato. Why a potato? wonders René. "Because," drones Michelle in a fake French accent you could drive a Citroën through, "you cannot get carrots that beeg." But of course. Extras include cast biographies and trailers. --A.T. Hurley
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read this review very carefuly and read it only once! July 9, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I could not wait for the fifth volume of Allo Allo. I saw all the episodes over last weekend and found out that this was just story of a normal cafe owner. The only thing that makes Rene stick out from the crowd is that, the resistance want his help, the waitress want his body and the gestapo wants his sausage. Life is normal in the cafe Rene, or at least as normal as it could get. Rene always gets himself into situatians he really could do without. As for the british airmen, for every ten plans that the resistance carry out in order to help them to escape eleven go wrong. If you really want to have a good laugh do yourself a favour a get this volume. I just kint wit for volume socks and soven!.
Allo Allo is a great show to watch and my mum loves it!!! April 7, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
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I remember watching the show here in Australia. When I was young at home watching it at night. It was funning to watch what Rene and the two waitress, his wife , the general, the Italian captain and Herr Flick from the Gestapo. I enjoying watching all those years ago and I am a little older now. And now I can buy the the series and enjoy watching them again at any time day or night. My Mum love the show and make her smiling and laughing.
I was surprise to find that series 5 is a two box set (vol 1. 13 episodes and vol 2. 13 episodes) but here in Australia it is sold as a one box set with the 26 episodes and cheaper.
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Definitely worth the wait!!! December 29, 2006
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
"Listen Very Carefully, I Shall Say this only once!"
Rene is a cafe owner in the french village of Nouvion. This is a comedy set during the second world war, and was created by the legends that are Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft who originally created it as a spoof of Secret army. But it continued on to be a long and great running comedy success.
It's been 2 years since series 3+4 was released, and Universal Playback kept us in suspence of what is going to happen next to Rene Artois (Gorden Kaye) and the rest of the cast.
Series 4 left us with Herr Flick (Richard Gibson)dressing up as a female secretary of Colonel Von Strohm (Richard Marner, to find information about the attempt to blow up Hitler.
Aswell as series 4 leaving us with this series 5 joins us with this, as Herr Flick is now in the Nick. The following list is the names of the episodes in volume 1:
-Desperate doings in the dungeon
-The camera in the potato
-Dinner with the general
-The dreaded circular saw
-Otherwise engaged
-A marriage of inconvenience
-No hiding place
-The arrival of the homing duck
-Watch the birdie
-Rene under an assumed nose
-The confusion of the generals
-Whos for the Vatican?
-Ribbing the bonk
Thankfully volume 2 is out now (26-12-06) and this completes series 5. Hopefully we dont have to wait as long for series 6!!!
 The Best of the Rest December 28, 2006
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
Well the BBC has at long last decided to start putting out the remaining series. Except that in Hungary (where I currently live) we have been able to get this series for a year now. Indeed all nine series are out here and they are cheaper than the UK. I can say that having got the lot that series 5 is among the strongest. To my mind apart from the first three which are magic this is the best. Yes they did 26 (and we have to buy series 5 as two sets) but the laughs keep coming. After series 5 I am afraid it is downhill; some of actors change and the scripts get weaker; so make the most of it . Be careful with series 8 as the program that explains what happens between series 7 and 8 came out here as an extra on series 9 because it was a Christmas special.
Well, it's great but... November 24, 2006
11 out of 13 found this review helpful
I absolutely adore Allo Allo, and am thrilled that they are finally releasing more. I thought we were going to have an endless stream of the first few series of everything ever made, and never finish any of them.
Two problems with series 5. Firstly the episodes are shorter; because they did a whole marathon run of 26 episodes they've spread events a bit thinner.
And secondly, and my biggest bugbear, why not just one Season 5 box set? Almost every other programme has them - Keeping Up Appearances, Green Wing, X-Files, Alias, etc
Oh well, here's looking forward to the end of December for the second half.
Now, if only they'll release the next set of Last of the Summer Wine...
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