
Season 5
Series 5

Season 5
Series 5
- Air date:1988-09-03
- User score:8.0
- Number of episodes:26
List of Episodes

Air date: 1988-09-03
Runtime: 30 min
René is forced to masquerade as the head of the Gestapo, Heinrich Himmler himself, in an attempt to rescue Frau Von Kinkenrotten from prison. Of course, this is actually Herr Flick, still in his earlier disguise.

Air date: 1988-09-10
Runtime: 30 min
Armed with a camera disguised as a potato, René has to get into the chateau so he can photograph plans for the German invasion of Britain.

Air date: 1988-09-17
Runtime: 30 min
Leclerc and René plan to blow the safe in Lieutenant Gruber's bedroom. Edith's job is to drop a smoke canister down his chimney, but will she get the right one?

Air date: 1988-09-24
Runtime: 30 min
Having blown the safe in Lieutenant Gruber's bedroom, René and Leclerc are surprised by its contents. The Communist Resistance lies in wait for their escape, and holds them hostage in a sawmill.

Air date: 1988-10-01
Runtime: 30 min
Denise, the head of the Communist Resistance, who was René's sweetheart in his childhood in Nancy, and who's now determined to marry René. Meanwhile, Edith and the servant girls have to explain to the Lieutenant why his little tank has crashed into the public toilet, and ends up getting Gruber's compassion. René has a difficult time telling Edith that he will marry Denise, since Monsieur Alphonse has asked for Edith's hand, and Yvette has it in her heart to tell Edith that René will marry her instead.

Air date: 1988-10-08
Runtime: 30 min
René's friends rally round to try and save him from his impending marriage to the formidable leader of the Communist Resistance.

Air date: 1988-10-15
Runtime: 30 min
René disguises himself as his father in order to escape the wrath of Denise Laroque.

Air date: 1988-10-22
Runtime: 30 min
René and the Resistance find another novel way to return the British airmen to England.

Air date: 1988-10-29
Runtime: 30 min
René and his staff prepare the long-distance duck for its vital flight to England.

Air date: 1988-11-05
Runtime: 30 min
Monsieur Leclerc comes to the rescue when orders are given for René to be arrested. René tries to escape using a unique disguise.

Air date: 1988-11-12
Runtime: 30 min
René is in even more trouble as the generals gather round at the chateau.

Air date: 1988-11-19
Runtime: 30 min
A medal for bravery, a suicide pill and a hide-out in the Vatican introduce an old habit to René.

Air date: 1988-11-26
Runtime: 30 min
René and the Resistance need to find a huge amount of money quickly to save Mimi from the Communists.

Air date: 1988-12-03
Runtime: 30 min
When it is revealed that the one million francs stolen from the bank belong to Herr Flick of the Gestapo, the best place to hide them seems to be down René's trousers.

Air date: 1988-12-10
Runtime: 30 min
René has got rid of the Gestapo's money, next is the secret microfilm, but he is hampered by the Resistance girls in the cupboard.

Air date: 1988-12-17
Runtime: 30 min
While under interrogation, Alfonse's dicky ticker starts playing up, and he is whisked to hospital. He must be either rescued or eliminated before he can spill the beans about the stolen Gestapo money.

Air date: 1988-12-24
Runtime: 30 min
Michelle and Crabtree hatch another plot to get the British airmen back to Blighty. Captain Bertorelli has stolen Gestapo money planted on him.

Air date: 1988-12-31
Runtime: 30 min
Edith is in a romantic mood, and René is playing the piano.

Air date: 1989-01-07
Runtime: 30 min
Faced with the problem of hiding 1,000 kilos of stolen high explosive, Michelle of the Resistance decides on a simple but daring course of action. It will be hidden in 500 Christmas puddings.

Air date: 1989-01-14
Runtime: 30 min
Not only does René nearly get blown up by an exploding Christmas pudding, he also gets roped into another Resistance plan to smuggle out the British airmen.

Air date: 1989-01-21
Runtime: 30 min
René tries to sneak off to Switzerland with Yvette on the night train.

Air date: 1989-01-28
Runtime: 30 min
René attempts to sneak off to Switzerland with Yvette and four gold bars, but discovers the Resistance are intending to blow up their train.

Air date: 1989-02-04
Runtime: 30 min
Chaos engulfs René as he attempts to hide the stolen gold. Meanwhile, the Resistance plan to steal the Enigma encoder.

Air date: 1989-02-11
Runtime: 30 min
René asks Edith to marry him after hearing Monsieur Alphonse's intentions of asking for her hand in marriage. Meanwhile, General Von Klinkerhoffen suspects Colonel Von Strohm of stealing his gold, while Herr Flick suspects René.

Air date: 1989-02-18
Runtime: 30 min
René is still hiding the four bars of gold he has stolen and decides it is time he left his dangerous life in Nouvion.

Air date: 1989-02-25
Runtime: 30 min
René is still harbouring the German Enigma machine as well as the four bars of gold he has stolen, two British airmen and the painting of the Cracked Vase with the Big Daisies by Van Gogh. So the café is now full and getting more crowded by the minute.
Top Cast

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

Jack Haig
Roger Leclerc

Kenneth Connor
Monsieur Alfonse

Arthur Bostrom
Officer Crabtree

Richard Gibson
Herr Otto Flick
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