TV Tie-ins: 'Allo 'Allo

As we began the week with Secret Army it seems only fitting to end the week with a show that spoofed the series.

One of the longest-running British comedy shows which continued to be successful on the stage (with many of the original cast appearing) after it had finished a 10-year television run. Also popular abroad, it broke away from the usual short series format with the 26 episodes of series

TV Tie-ins: Secret Army

Secret Army was based on true stories of Allied airmen downed over Europe who were aided by local resistance operatives to make their way through France, Holland and Belgium and to escape back to England. John Brason, in his introduction to the first Secret Army novelisation, says, "It is a matter of record that the evasion lines returned over three thousand Allied Air Forces personnel to the UK,