Editing British sitcom (section)

==='''Allo 'Allo!''===
Reminiscent of their 1970s sitcoms such as ''Are You Being Served?'' ''It Ain't Half Hot Mum'', and ''Dad's Army'', ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]''  was another creation of the writer/producer team of David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd.<ref>Hannah Hamad [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/1114934/index.html "'Allo 'Allo (1984-92)"!], BFI screenonline</ref> Set in [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|Nazi-occupied France]] and starring [[Gorden Kaye]] as René, a café owner, 85 episodes were produced over nine series.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006xyt3
|title='Allo 'Allo!
|work=BBC One
|publisher=BBC
|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> Croft and Lloyd, who wrote the first six series (the rest were scripted by Lloyd and Paul Adam) devised the concept as a farcical parody of BBC wartime drama ''[[Secret Army (TV series)|Secret Army]]'' (1977-1979) from which many elements were directly taken.<ref name="BBCallo"/> Some actors from ''Secret Army'' also appeared in ''{{'}}Allo 'Allo!'': [[Richard Marner]], [[Guy Siner]], [[John D. Collins]] and [[Hilary Minster]]. Although it did not have the success of ''Dad's Army'', it gained respectable ratings,<ref name="BBCallo">{{cite web
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/alloallo/index.shtml
|title='Allo 'Allo!
|date=24 September 2014
|work=BBC Comedy
|publisher=BBC
|access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> and was adapted to stage. The BBC were able to sell the series to Germany, possibly because its Nazis were depicted 'as harmlessly pervy and bumbling'.<ref name="TELEGRlloydobit">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11310788/Jeremy-Lloyd-obituary.html Lloyd obituary], telegraph.co.uk; accessed 9 January 2022.</ref>
<ref name="GUARDlloyd">{{cite web
|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/dec/23/jeremy-lloyd
|title=Jeremy Lloyd obituary
|last=Jeffries
|first=Stuart
|date=23 December 2014
|work=The Guardian
|publisher=Guardian News & Media Limited
|access-date=9 January 2022}}</ref> A special entitled ''[[The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!]]'' aired in 2007, featuring cast members returning to reprise their original roles in a special story, alongside a documentary about the sitcom including a highlight reel of episodes, and interviews with the cast, production team and fans.<ref name="BBCallo"/>