Episode

'Allo 'Allo!: The Arrival of the Homing Duck

Name: 'Allo 'Allo!: The Arrival of the Homing Duck
Released: 1988-10-22
Duration: 30 min
Cast: Gorden Kaye, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Richard Marner, Kim Hartman

'Allo 'Allo!Series 51988-10-22

Overview

René and the Resistance find another novel way to return the British airmen to England.

Details

Series: 'Allo 'Allo!
Season: Season 5
Episode: Episode 8
Air date: 1988-10-22
Runtime: 30 min

Episode context

The Arrival of the Homing Duck is Episode 8 in Series 5 of 'Allo 'Allo!. It aired on 1988-10-22. The runtime is 30 min.

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Episode 7: No Hiding Place 1988-10-15 | 30 min René disguises himself as his father in order to escape the wrath of Denise Laroque.

Episode 9: Watch the Birdie 1988-10-29 | 30 min René and his staff prepare the long-distance duck for its vital flight to England.

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Episode 6: A Marriage of Inconvenience 1988-10-08 | 30 min René's friends rally round to try and save him from his impending marriage to the formidable leader of the Communist Resistance.

Episode 10: René - Under an Assumed Nose 1988-11-05 | 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.

Episode 5: Otherwise Engaged 1988-10-01 | 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.

Episode 11: The Confusion of the Generals 1988-11-12 | 30 min René is in even more trouble as the generals gather round at the chateau.

Episode 4: The Dreaded Circular Saw 1988-09-24 | 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.

Episode 12: Who's for the Vatican? 1988-11-19 | 30 min A medal for bravery, a suicide pill and a hide-out in the Vatican introduce an old habit to René.

Episode 3: Dinner with the General 1988-09-17 | 25 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?

Episode 13: Ribbing the Bonk 1988-11-26 | 30 min René and the Resistance need to find a huge amount of money quickly to save Mimi from the Communists.

Episode 2: The Camera in the Potato 1988-09-10 | 24 min 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 14: The Reluctant Millionaires 1988-12-03 | 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.