Episode
'Allo 'Allo!: The Dreaded Circular Saw
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- 'Allo 'Allo!
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 4
- Air date
- 1988-09-24
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
The Dreaded Circular Saw is Episode 4 in Series 5 of 'Allo 'Allo!. It aired on 1988-09-24. The runtime is 30 min.
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Episode 3: Dinner with the General
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?
Episode 5: Otherwise Engaged
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.
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Episode 2: The Camera in the Potato
Starting off in women's underwear in the dungeons of the General's castle, René is rescued by Lieutenant Gruber, and comes back just in time to be briefed by Michelle of the Resistance about the camera which will be used to photograph the safe in the château.
That night, Helga and the General are supposed to dine at Café René, but Helga is ordered away by Herr Flick, and the General has to endure Edith's "seduction" before he can get away.
René can get into the château, but he doesn't know that the safe is in Lieutenant Gruber's room.
Episode 6: A Marriage of Inconvenience
René's friends rally round to try and save him from his impending marriage to the formidable leader of the Communist Resistance.
Episode 1: Desperate Doings in the Dungeon
Herr Flick is still held in the dungeons, and if he cracks he can divulge that the painting of the Fallen Madonna has been copied. That´s why he must be rescued by Helga, Von Smallhausen, and René - dressed as Himmler.
The Colonel and the Lieutenant are ordered by the General to let Herr Flick die in a rescue attempt by the Resistance, but seeing the danger of getting caught in a crossfire, they dress up as Gestapo officers to rescue Herr Flick, only to find René chained up instead.
Episode 7: No Hiding Place
René disguises himself as his father in order to escape the wrath of Denise Laroque.
Episode 8: The Arrival of the Homing Duck
René and the Resistance find another novel way to return the British airmen to England.
Episode 9: Watch the Birdie
René and his staff prepare the long-distance duck for its vital flight to England.
Episode 10: René - Under an Assumed Nose
Monsieur Leclerc comes to the rescue when orders are given for René to be arrested. René tries to escape using a unique disguise.
Episode 11: The Confusion of the Generals
René is in even more trouble as the generals gather round at the chateau.
Episode 12: Who's for the Vatican?
A medal for bravery, a suicide pill and a hide-out in the Vatican introduce an old habit to René.
Episode 13: Ribbing the Bonk
René and the Resistance need to find a huge amount of money quickly to save Mimi from the Communists.