

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.
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.