9.130 minSeason 9 • Episode 6
LatestRené and the café staff prepare to welcome the invading British troops.
The misadventures of hapless cafe owner René Artois and his escapades with the Resistance in occupied France.
Writing
Masterclass in farce — five doors, ten misunderstandings, zero dignity.
Acting
Gorden Kaye's exhausted everyman face — a whole performance in one look.
Costume
Helga's leather skirt and boots: camp iconography that transcends parody.
Creators
Jeremy Lloyd, David Croft
Gorden Kaye
René Artois
Carmen Silvera
Edith Artois
Vicki Michelle
Yvette Carte-Blanche
Richard Marner
Colonel Kurt von Strohm
Kim Hartman
Private Helga Geerhart
Guy Siner
Lieutenant Hubert Gruber
Kirsten Cooke
Michelle Dubois
Rose Hill
Madame Fanny
Kenneth Connor
Monsieur Alfonse
Arthur Bostrom
Officer Crabtree
Hilary Minster
General Erich von Klinkerhoffen
David Janson
Herr Otto Flick
Sue Hodge
Mimi Labonq
John Louis Mansi
Herr Engelbert von Smallhausen
Robin Parkinson
Ernest Leclerc
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Gorden Kaye survived a 1990 car accident that left him with severe head injuries; he returned to filming with visible scarring written into later seasons.
The show deliberately inverted the grim tone of BBC's 1970s 'Secret Army' — same setting, absolutely zero reverence.
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