The misadventures of hapless cafe owner René Artois and his escapades with the Resistance in occupied France.
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- Seasons
- 9
- Episodes aired
- 82
- Latest aired
- S09E06
- Total runtime
- 1d 16h
Timeline when each season aired
- Season 1 September 1984 – October 1984 7 episodes
- Season 2 October 1985 – November 1985 6 episodes
- Season 3 December 1986 – January 1987 6 episodes
- Season 4 November 1987 – December 1987 6 episodes
- Season 5 September 1988 – February 1989 26 episodes
- Season 6 September 1989 – October 1989 8 episodes
- Season 7 January 1991 – March 1991 10 episodes
- Season 8 January 1992 – March 1992 7 episodes
- Season 9 November 1992 – December 1992 6 episodes
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S06E01 Desperate Doings in the Graveyard
September 2 · 30min find the promo
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The latest escape plan for the British airmen involves them wading along the canal underneath a tin bath. Herr Flick and Von Smallhausen pose as escaped British airmen, hoping to be picked up by the Resistance. The Resistance have built a communication post in René's 'grave', in an effort to get around German jamming of their radio signals. René, Edith and Monsieur Alphonse try it out. René gets caught on the aerial and is hoisted above his 'grave'. Lieutenant Gruber sees him and thinks it's the ghost of René's 'twin brother'.
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S06E02 The Gestapo for the High Jump
September 9 · 30min find the promo
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The Gestapo and the Italians plan to infiltrate the Resistance. Little do they know that René and friends are waiting for them.
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S06E03 The Nouvion Oars
September 16 · 30min find the promo
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Private Helga Geerhart plans to marry Herr Flick in order to report his every move to General Von Klinkerhoffe
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S06E04 The Nicked Airmen
September 23 · 30min find the promo
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When the British airmen are arrested paddling a tin bath down the estuary, René and his staff are instructed to rescue them from the chateau in coffins. All goes to plan, until Monsieur Alfonse challenges Monsieur Leclerc to a duel.
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S06E05 The Airmen De-Nicked
September 30 · 30min find the promo
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Michelle of the Resistance plans to infiltrate German headquarters to rescue the British airmen using hijacked German uniforms. But who will fit them? Officer Crabtree thinks René's chances are 'farty to one'.
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S06E06 The Crooked Fences
October 7 · 30min find the promo
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Café René is the venue for a clandestine deal involving the solid gold cuckoo clock weight, Van Klomp's portrait of the Fallen Madonna and five anonymous characters wearing paper bags over their heads who answer to the names of Colonel X, Lieutenant X, Captain X, Private X and X.
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S06E07 Crabtree's Podgeon Pist
October 14 · 30min find the promo
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Fanny and Leclerc's wedding is timed to coincide with the execution of Michelle's most audacious escape plan yet.
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S06E08 Rising to the Occasion
October 21 · 30min find the promo
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Michelle comes up with an audacious escape plan for the British airmen involving a barrage balloon and 24 cylinders of helium disguised as prize-winning marrows.