‘Allo ‘Allo! wouldn’t be made today because jokes about Nazis ‘wouldn’t fly’ with modern viewers, says Ross Noble

The classic, much-loved BBC sitcom ‘Allo ‘Allo! “wouldn’t be created in today’s society” because viewers wouldn’t approve of making Nazis “funny.”

Stand-up comedian and actor Ross Noble has said he doesn’t believe some of the jokes would “fly” in the same way and believed the attitude was “crazy.”

The TV show, which graced the screens of BBC One from 1982 to 1992, was packed with cheeky character portraits and iconic running gags and has become one of the country’s best-loved TV comedies.

The show was set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War and was a parody of the BBC drama Secret Army.

With its unforgettable cast of eccentric characters – including the devious Herr Flick, the bumbling Nazi officers Hubert Gruber, Erich Von Klinkerhoffen and Kurt von Strohm and the brash secretary Helga Geerhart – it kept viewers laughing week after week.

Ross said of the show on Rob Brydon’s podcast: ‘The thing about ‘Allo ‘Allo! It’s one of those things where I don’t know if using the Gestapo for comedy would work the same way today.”

Stand-up comedian and actor Ross Noble has said he doesn’t believe some of the jokes would “fly” in the same way and believed the attitude was “crazy.”

Brydon replied that he didn’t think the show condoned the Gestapo, and Noble said: ‘No, no, no, they weren’t – they were making a mockery.

“They made a mockery of it, but I think now people would just say, ‘Woah, wait a minute.’ We can’t have funny Nazis.’ That’s crazy, because you’re right, they were [making a mockery].’

“I think now people would just say, ‘Woah, wait a minute.’ We can’t have funny Nazis,” he added.

At the heart of the action was Rene Artois, the reluctant resistance member and café owner, played by the late Gordon Kaye.

In each episode, Rene and his merry band of French resistance fighters outsmarted their bumbling German captors, providing plenty of laughs and mischief along the way.

It comes next The censors have placed an offensiveness warning on ‘Allo ‘Allo episodes in case viewers are upset by characters taking the mickey out of French and German accents.

The BBC comedy, which ran from 1982 to 1992, coined a host of slogans that proved popular for decades.

‘Good Moaning’, spoken with complete honesty by the French police officer Crabtree, is still frequently offered as a greeting almost thirty years after Cafe René closed its doors for the last time.

The TV show, which graced the screens of BBC One from 1982 to 1992, was packed with cheeky character portraits and iconic running gags and has become one of the country’s best-loved TV comedies.

Ross (pictured) said of the show on Rob Brydon’s podcast: ‘The thing about Allo Allo! It’s one of those things where I don’t know if using the Gestapo for comedy would work the same way today.”

But an online streaming service has included warnings about the show’s content, which includes panto-style sexual innuendo as well as the foreign accents across the nine series, the Sun said.

Before each episode on Britbox, a message appears on screen saying: ‘This classic comedy contains language and views from the period that may offend some viewers.’

‘Allo’ Allo starred Gordon Kaye as café owner René, who faced numerous problems in German-occupied France during World War II.

Among them were a dishonest German officer, a local French resistance leader, a stolen painting and a few captured British pilots.

Scenes from the BBC television series ‘Allo Allo’ starring Kirsten Cooke as Michelle and Gorden Kaye as Rene

Arthur Bostrom played the role of Officer Crabtree in the comedy classic ‘Allo ‘Allo

René also tried to hide the secret affairs he has with his waitresses from his wife.

The comedy was so popular in the 80s and 90s that a stage version was made.

Rumors of a remake also began circulating five years ago, but there were reportedly concerns within the BBC that characters such as Herr Flick, an officer in the Gestapo, might cause offence.

An outpouring of tributes followed when Kaye died in 2017 at the age of 75.