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The Fallen Madonna by the fictional painter Van Klomp was a portrait of a bare breasted woman which provided a recurring theme of the long-running BBC television comedy series ‘Allo ‘Allo! (1984-92), written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd. The painting was always referred to as "the Fallen Madonna with the big boobies" [1]. The first episode of the first series of Allo 'Allo! (1984) was entitled The Fallen Madonna [2]. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
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David Croft (born September 7, 1922 in Sandbanks, United Kingdom) is a writer, producer and actor. ...
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This article contains episode summaries for the pilot and first series of the British Sitcom series Allo Allo!. The pilot originally aired on December 30, 1982, with the first series of seven episodes airing between September 14 and October 26, 1984. ...
Recurring theme in 'Allo 'Allo!
‘Allo ‘Allo! was set in the fictional French town of Nouvion during the German occupation of the Second World War. Its focus was a café in the town square run by René Artois (played by Gordon Kaye). There were sustained attempts by the occupiers to appropriate the Fallen Madonna, a local treasure, to provide a “nest egg” after the war. Among those who coveted it were the local German commandant Colonel Erich Von Strohm (Richard Marner) and the Führer Adolf Hitler himself on whose behalf Herr Otto Flick (Richard Gibson) of the Gestapo was instructed to secure it (But, of course, also wanted it for himself). Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
René François Artois is a fictional character, the main character in the BBC sitcom Allo Allo!, which ran from 1982 to 1992. ...
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Colonel Erich Von Strohm is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom Allo Allo!, which ran from 1982 to 1992. ...
Richard Marner (21 March 1922 - 18 March 2004) was an Russian-born English actor perhaps best remembered for his role as the Colonel in sitcom Allo Allo!. He was born Alexander Molchanoff-Sacha in Petrograd, Soviet Union and was fluent in Russian, English, French and German. ...
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Allo Allo! was a British sitcom that ran on BBC1 from 1982 to 1992 and featured 85 episodes in all. ...
All around me are familiar faces Worn out places, worn out faces Bright and early for their daily races Going nowhere, going nowhere And their tears are filling up their glasses No expression, no expression Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow No tommorow, no tommorow And I...
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The painting was seen and hidden in various guises; it was often secreted, with suggestive possibilities, in a long knackwurst (sausage). Forgeries were also in evidence. On one occasion Herr Flick drew attention to “three Fallen Madonnas with six big boobies” [3]. Knackwurst with bread and onions Knackwurst (sometimes knockwurst; from German, literally crack sausage) is a type of small soft German sausage intended to be eaten by hand. ...
Forgeries and Destructions The Fallen Madonna made into an incredible number of forgeries, mostly by Luietenant Gruber, which were naturally hid in knackwurst sausages in Rene's Kitchen. The Forgeries were subsequently destroyed in various ways. (Burned, blown up, minced, etc.) At one point, Madame Fanny accidentally takes a bite off one of the corners, and in season 8 Helga Geerhart removes a breast in order to safeguard her rights to the painting.
Lord Bath Following his assistance with an event connected with the programme, the BBC presented the 6th Marquess of Bath with a specially commissioned copy of the Fallen Madonna which was hung alongside Old Masters in Bath's ancestral home, Longleat [4]. The Most Honourable Sir Henry Frederick Thynne, 6th Marquess of Bath (January 26, 1905–June 30, 1992) was the son of Thomas Thynne, 5th Marquess of Bath and Violet Mordaunt. ...
An Old Master (or old master) is one of the great European painters who lived 1500 through 1800, or a painting by one of these painters. ...
A drawing of Longleat in the early 18th century by Leonard Knyff. ...
External link - The Sun: TV Fallen Madonna Found
Notes - ^ "Boob" is slang for "breast": see Oxford Pocket Dictionary (8th ed, 1992).
- ^ Broadcast on 14 September 1984
- ^ See The Return of 'Allo 'Allo! (BBC), 28 April 2007
- ^ The Return of 'Allo 'Allo! (BBC), 28 April 2007
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