Best HelgaGruberFlick Podcasts (2025)

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S2 E17 Going Like a Bomb 28:35

2d ago28:35

28:35

René has arrived at the café still wearing his hospital gown after last week's escapade. The fun starts right away as Gruber makes an entrance, and René tries to avoid turning around. Flick orders von Smallhausen to be smuggled into the mortuary, disguised as a corpse, Bertorelli’s trousers are used to hide the money, and the Colonel impersonates a…

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S2 E16 The Exploding Bedpan 18:35

9d ago18:35

18:35

The Peasants have to persuade themselves to come in from Kim and John's sunlit garden to record this week’s pod. But it turns out to be no hardship, as the episode gallops along. Monsieur Alphonse finds himself in Herr Flick's cellar, being questioned by Helga in connection with the money from the bank robbery. But the sight of her stocking tops is…

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S2 E15 A Duck for Launch 24:16

16d ago24:16

24:16

Life doesn't get any simpler for René – as ever. While the long-distance duck is made ready for launch, carrying microfilm of the German plan for the invasion of England, she produces a clutch of ducklings. As the Colonel and Gruber divvy up the bank robbery money, Helga takes exception to being short changed over her share. Out in the town square,…

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S2 E14 – The Reluctant Millionaires 23:09

23d ago23:09

23:09

Life doesn't get any simpler for René – as ever. While the long-distance duck is made ready for launch, carrying microfilm of the German plan for the invasion of England, she produces a clutch of ducklings. As the Colonel and Gruber divvy up the bank robbery money, Helga takes exception to being short changed over her share. Out in the town square,…

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S2 E13 Ribbing the Bonk 18:40

30d ago18:40

18:40

The team marvel at the inventiveness of the writers, David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, who had to deliver a continuous series of 26 episodes with no outside help. The scale of the task boggles the mind, and yet there is tons of plot, gags aplenty, and lots of disguises. These include, once again, Mimi and Herr Flick in prams, dressed as unlikely babies…

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S2 E12 Who's for the Vatican? 22:49

1M ago22:49

22:49

Following the fiasco in the previous episode involving the mix-up with the generals and their disguises, Gruber and the Colonel are in big trouble with the top brass, and make a plan to hide out in the Vatican until after the war. Needless to say, things do not quite go according to plan. As René makes himself handy with some bricklaying, Guy and R…

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S2 E11 Confusion of the Generals 23:52

1M ago23:52

23:52

As René puts it in his opening speech, it is just a normal Tuesday in wartorn France. After nearly blowing Herr Flick to smithereens, he prepares to flee Nouvion, but is saved at the last minute by Lieutenant Gruber. Herr Flick, following his ordeal, is in bandages and chains – which Helga wastes not time in yanking. Yvette and Michelle of the Resi…

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S2 E10 René Under an Assumed Nose 31:34

2M ago31:34

31:34

In spite of Bertorelli’s efforts with his pistol in the previous episode, the homing duck turns out not to be dead – just having a little rest. Monsieur Alphonse attempts to take its temperature in an intimate fashion, and is rewarded with a faceful of feathers. There is high entertainment when the duck turns out to be a she, and lays an egg in Fan…

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S2 E9 Watch the Birdie 37:42

2M ago37:42

37:42

Welcome once more to Kim’s kitchen, where there is fun to be had with René and the staff, trying as ever to please the Resistance as well as the Germans. In the mcourse of a summit meeting at the chateau of a collection of German generals, René has been ordered by Michelle to photograph a map of their planned invasion, using a prosthetic arm and a …

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S2 E8 The Arrival of the Homing Duck 19:41

2M ago19:41

19:41

Plenty to chat about, as ever, starting with respectful recognition of a dazzling performance by the duck. After recording so many episodes, the tripod realise that there are moments they have completely forgotten, and are watching them as though for the first time. Mimi does an oiutstanding turn in the café, with high kicks and tapping, to thunder…

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S2 E7 No Hiding Place 22:31

2M ago22:31

22:31

Following their slightly lukewarm review of the previous episode, the trio are back in fan mode. René attempts to leave the country disguised as an ancient Jehovah’s Witness, which fools no one, but offers the opportunity for a Jack Haig impression. Gruber and Helga get into disguise as a pimp and his lady, in a plan to protect René in his complica…

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S2 E6 A Marriage of Inconvenience 20:20

3M ago20:20

20:20

Kim and Richard begin by suggesting that this was not the best episode ever. Guy challenges them robustly, and after finding plenty to talk about, the tripod agrees that it is pretty good after all. René and Edith reminsce about their early romance, and how she was the most beautiful girl in the town – in fact, the only girl in the town. There is t…

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S2 E5 Otherwise Engaged 29:35

3M ago29:35

29:35

Crabtree is is caught up in the demolition of the town convenience, and we are treated to a glimpse of an evening at home with the Flicks. Phoebe Scholfield, who usually plays Henriette – stalwart member of the Maquis Resistance – seems to have changed sides, and appears this week with the Communists. The production team do not seem to have noticed…

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S2 E4 The Dreaded Circular Saw 25:20

3M ago25:20

25:20

Much to enjoy this week. Kim marvels at the pace of Gorden’s opening monologue, and declares it an example of dynamic playing for all actors. She also pretends not to get excited about the numbering of the podcasts. Kim and Guy notice for the first time that this episode marks the beginning of a romance between Helga and Gruber that will eventually…

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S2 E3 Dinner with the General 23:45

3M ago23:45

23:45

Despite the fact that his episode is entitled Dinner with the General, there is very little talk either of Dinner or the General. Instead the chat covers a range of topics, loosely around the making of 'Allo ‘Allo! – including a fire practice at the studio with the cast of Doctor Who, and the madness of working on the tv series by day and onstage i…

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S2 E2 The Camera in the Potato 24:18

4M ago24:18

24:18

What better setting for an episode about a potato than Kim's kitchen? The usual fun and laughter, as the trio are joined by Ron Hartman for vital insights. Gruber is surprised in his bath by René, as Helga lets down her hair for Herr Flick. Kim tells of her first theatre job as a smoke squirter and mouse puller, and Richard and Guy discuss their fi…

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S2 E1 Desperate Doings in the Dungeon 25:21

4M ago25:21

25:21

Following the success of the first Listen Very Carefully season, this episode introduces the much-awaited Season 2. While the podsters talk about the Desperate Doings in the Dungeon, Kim’s kitchen transitions into a studio, as the pod launches for the first time on video as well: https://www.youtube.com/@HelgaGruberFlick/videos Viewers are treated …

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Bonus Episode – Gorden Kaye Interview 28:34

5M ago28:34

28:34

We present a special bonus episode, sent to us by Christopher Beswick, of a full-length interview he conducted with Gordon Kaye in 1991, when he had returned to work following his life-threatening accident.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E28 The Jet-Propelled Mother-in-Law 27:56

6M ago27:56

27:56

This episode marks the end of Season One, and we celebrate with a surprise guest and a “guess the mystery voice” game. Although this episode is called the Jet-Propelled Mother-in-Law, no one can decide what the episode is actually about – as we encounter the people from the café treading grapes, and various other antics around Nouvion – as well as …

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S1 E27 The Sausage in the Trousers 20:53

6M ago20:53

20:53

The podders attempt to keep track of the sausages. After the first twenty they give up, exhausted. Kim entertains with a tale of pranks on tour. Christian Dyall gets a bit of worship for his imaginative and lavish costumes. But where is the real painting of the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies? Did the writers even know?…

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S1 E26 The Flying Nun 20:37

6M ago20:37

20:37

As Mimi takes to the skies as an airborne nun, it is an astounding week for cast impressions. Guy treats us to a Bertorelli, as well as a Michelle of the Resistance, and Kim delivers a terrifyingly realistic von Smallhasuen. A double disguise for Herr Flick – first as a gypsy playing the fiddle with gloves on – then into Helga's uniform to fool no …

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S1 E25 Good Staff Are Hard to Find 21:53

7M ago21:53

21:53

This week, despite distractions from Alexa, a photographer called Rowan and a bottle of Prosecco, Kim, Guy and Richard maintain their usual level of sober professionalism while discussing the episode in which the new characters of Captain Bertorelli and Mimi la Bonq are introduced.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E24 Camp Dance 36:48

7M ago36:48

36:48

Is there such a thing as an episode-numbering nerd? Or geek? Or both? Question: Who literally cares which season or blinkin' episode this is? Answer: Kim, as well as some of the show's most militant archivists. Anyway, this is Pod 24, and the fun starts long before we unveil our literally special guest. Tune in and meet her/him/them. The series say…

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S1 E23 Prisoners of War 21:46

7M ago21:46

21:46

The committee starts to get strict about overuse of the word "wonderful" – which is likely to have little effect. More fun and frolics in the prison camp, and the trio celebrate the rare privilege of seeing Richard Marner do the Can Can, Gruber dressed as a nun, and Helga singing a long-overdue Lili Marlene.…

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S1 E22 The Great Unescape 28:04

7M ago28:04

28:04

Amid panto reminiscences from our pod trio (tripod), we discover that Fanny's pet name for her lover van Gogh was Bobby. While Guy and Richard get all knowing about the McGuffin device in detective stories, Kim insists it is a burger chain meal deal. They discuss the lengths that some performers will go to in order to secure a close-up, including g…

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S1 E21 Pretty Maids All in a Row 23:02

8M ago23:02

23:02

British airmen dressed as ladies of the night; Maria and Yvette disguised as ancient crones; a melodramatic fake murder scenario during a flamenco performance by Edith in the café; a plan to smuggle the airmen into the prison camp via a tunnel from the mortuary; a priceless van Gogh that has been hanging unnoticed in the café and turns out to have …

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S1 E20 The Gâteau from the Château 22:26

8M ago22:26

22:26

More nuggets from Kim’s kitchen, as the trio mull over the events of the double-length Christmas Special – involving attempts from all sides to bump off General von Klinkerhoffen. Sam Kelly receives a well-deserved round of applause from the studio audience for his virtuoso speech about “the pill in the till, the drug in the jug and the Gateau from…

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S1 E19 Flight of Fancy 23:18

8M ago23:18

23:18

Now that René has recovered the painting, Michelle plans to catapult the airman away in a glider, using elastic from men's braces. But collecting them in the dead of night presents yet another problem for the long-suffering café owner. A runaway steamroller flattens Herr Flick's staff car, which is only insured third-party. As the village clock chi…

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S1 E18 The Fallen Madonna 23:11

8M ago23:11

23:11

Rene is busy in the cellar, bricking up the painting, while Flick and Helga have their first date in the back room. But this episode is well out of order – it was the third one of the series, instead of the 18th, but who really cares anyway? The Big Boobies get their first mention, accompanied by an on-air mime, and the team are impressed by the mo…

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S1 E17 The Sausage in the Wardrobe 18:55

8M ago18:55

18:55

Maria is sent to Gruber's quarters at the chateau with the real Fallen Madonna for him to copy, but is intercepted by von Klinkerhoffen. René and Edith, and the Colonel and Hans infiltrate the chateau to steal back the painting, and a suit of armour with a distinctive limp joins the trail. Helga performs the strip of a lifetime – causing Kim to put…

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S1 E16 Gruber Does Some Mincing 22:54

9M ago22:54

22:54

Monsieur Alphonse’s ransom loan is repaid in notes forged by Monsieur Leclerc, as the Resistance smuggle out the motor from General von Klinkerhoffen's lawn mower in Madame Fanny's wheelchair. Gruber’s little tank makes its debut with its feeble little horn, while its owner is delivered to Herr Flick’s cellar rolled up in a carpet. Anna Stubley get…

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S1 E15 The Nicked Knockwurst 22:32

9M ago22:32

22:32

Rene delivers his opening monologue from the bath, Monsieur Alfonse slurps his soup and passes out, Madame Fanny fits four in her bed, and Paul Cooper makes his debut as Herr Flick’s tailor. When the knockwurst is snatched by Gruber’s dog, the chase turns into one of the most outlandish horizon shots of the series.…

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S1 E14 Herr Flick's Revenge 24:35

9M ago24:35

24:35

Once again, the team claims this as a favourite episode. The classic dungeon scene features Herr Flick on his mighty organ, as Helga lets down her hair and turns the wheel to bring the ceiling down on their captives. Gorden supplies a severed head in the rehearsal room, and John D Collins knocks himself out and breaks both ankles. Meanwhile, Monsie…

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S1 E13 The Duel 26:45

9M ago26:45

26:45

More fun and laughter as we discover Edith selling tickets to the duel between Rene and Monsieur Alphonse, Helga trying to eat peas while handcuffed, share tales of von Smallhausen’s beginnings in a strip club, and hear of the origins of a famous catchphrase.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E12 The Policeman Cometh 41:15

10M ago41:15

41:15

This week’s pod introduces our first surprise guest – guaranteed to entertain.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E11 Swiftly and with Style 22:06

10M ago22:06

22:06

Monsieur Alphonse challenges Rene to a duel, Monsieur Leclerc nicks knickers, and a cow rides by on a tandem.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E10 The Wooing of Widow Artois 23:00

10M ago23:00

23:00

This week’s round-table discussion brings news of a famous fan, while Guy pulls a face for the listeners and the King calls Kim a ghastly creature.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E9 Six Big Boobies 27:26

10M ago27:26

27:26

The talk this week around Kim's table turns to the three Fallen Madonnas and all their attributes, and Edith's search for a new husband. Tribute is paid to Secret Army, on which 'Allo 'Allo! was based.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E8 The Dance of the Hitler Youth 21:01

11M ago21:01

21:01

As this week's chat takes in a rare sighting of Rene's back passage and Kenn Oldfield's inspired choreography, the whereabouts of the Fallen Madonna begins to get complicated.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E7 Reds Nick Colonel 17:54

11M ago17:54

17:54

Welcome, once again, to Kim's kitchen, where the convivial chat covers subjects as diverse as the Colonel's vanishing pistol and Marie Antoinette's bosom.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E6 The Funeral 20:07

11M ago20:07

20:07

This week's pod brings more stories and observations about Episode 5. Kim laughs at Richard being pranked in the now classic clods of earth scene, and the team fan worship Kenneth Connor – not for the last time.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E5 The Execution 24:12

11M ago24:12

24:12

Kim, Guy and Richard bring plenty more chat, stories from the 'Allo 'Allo! coalface, and some extra content in reply to a listener's message about Rose Hill and her singing. If you enjoy it, please encourage your friends to follow us.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E4 Savile Row to the Rescue 22:11

11M ago22:11

22:11

Kim, Guy and Richard pay tribute to the composer and musical director, Roy Moore, celebrate the arrival of Hilary Minster as General von Klinkerhoffen and a flying tailor, and enjoy some exploding chickens.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E3 Pigeon Post 20:58

12M ago20:58

20:58

Kim is joined in her kitchen once again by Guy and Richard, and an appearance by her husband, John, brings with it a special bottle of gin...By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E2 The British are Coming 23:49

12M ago23:49

23:49

In this second podcast, Kim, Guy and Richard talk about the pilot episode, and share their favourite moments and observations on the other members of the cast, the set, the costumes, and their hopes for the future of the series.By HelgaGruberFlick

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S1 E1 Introduction to the Series 23:42

12M ago23:42

23:42

This first podcast, hosted by Kim, Guy and Richard gives an introduction to the series, how it came to be made, and how we all came to be in it. We will be launching a new pod each week, in which we will look at another episode, and talk about anything that comes up. There may even be the occasional laugh.…

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