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{{quote|''[[Once an Episode|Now Listen Very Carefully, I Shall Say This Only Once]]''}}

A 1980s BBC sitcom, set in Occupied France during [[World War II]]. Lasted from December, 1982 to December, 1992. A total of 85 episodes in nine seasons.

 

 

* Bad French accents. In fact, all of the accents were bad, [[Beyond the Impossible|including the British ones]]. Whilst all the dialogue was actually in English, comical 'national' accents were used to imply the language being spoken -- several times, a 'French' character overhears a conversation in e.g. a British accent, then tells another 'Frenchman' (in the show's default French-accented English) they have no idea what was said, as they don't speak English.

* Multiple character and actor replacements of various types - [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|Suspiciously Similar Substitutes]] for Leclerc, and various waitresses. [[The Other Darrin]], for the Italian Captain. [[The Nth Doctor]], for Herr Flick in later seasons, whose actor is replaced, and the change explained by [[Magic Plastic Surgery]]. Subverted, inverted, or simply trashed completely by Rene himself, who spent most of the series' run posing as his non-existent twin brother - ie, the same actor playing the same character, posing as a non-existent different character, well-known or undetected in-universe as the plot required....

A one-off [[Reunion Show]] was aired in 2007.

 

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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: It's the cruelty what arouses Helga in Herr Flick.

* [[Ambiguously Gay]] -- Lt. Gruber. Camp as all get-out, and flirts endlessly with René. The [[Distant Finale]] makes it decidedly ''un''ambiguous, as he's hooked up with {{spoiler|Helga}}.

 

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[[Category:Comedy Series]]

[[Category:British Series]]

[[Category:The Eighties]]

[[Category:Britcom]]

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[[Category:Britain's Best Sitcom]]