Communists in the Cupboard

Name: Communists in the Cupboard
Genre: Comedy
Released: December 3, 1988
Cast: Gorden Kaye, Guy Siner, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Sue Hodge

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BBC-1 | BBC | BBC One | Air Date: December 3, 1988

Starring: Gorden Kaye, Guy Siner, Carmen Silvera, Vicki Michelle, Sue Hodge, Kirsten Cooke, Richard Marner, Sam Kelly, Hilary Minster, Kim Hartman, Richard Gibson, David Janson, John Louis Mansi, Kenneth Connor, Arthur Bostrom, Rose Hill, Jack Haig, Derek Royle, Robin Parkinson, Gavin Richards, Roger Kitter, Carole Ashby, John D. Collins, Nicholas Frankau, Francesca Gonshaw

Summary: Rene has a new scheme to cure the deleterious effect Madame Edith's singing has on his cafe - he has a gramaphone with a recording of Toscanini and Jeanette MacDonald doing "Love Is Where You Find It" - and has Edith sing along, very very softly. Meanwhile, Michelle arrives and says that the proceeds of the bank robbery from the previousRene has a new scheme to cure the deleterious effect Madame Edith's singing has on his cafe - he has a gramaphone with a recording of Toscanini and Jeanette MacDonald doing "Love Is Where You Find It" - and has Edith sing along, very very softly. Meanwhile, Michelle arrives and says that the proceeds of the bank robbery from the previous night should be split amongst them instead of going for the ransom. Which is just as well, since Mimi has apparently escaped on her own. Meanwhile, though, we find that the money robbed from the bank was Herr Flick's - and he thinks Von Klinkerhoffen was behind the theft! In panic at the thought of being caught with hot Gestapo money, Rene ends up with the francs shoved down his trousers. The German officers also manage to escape on their own, so now Rene has a million francs and nothing to do with it. Gruber thinks it would be safer in his trouser's than in Rene's, so he trades the paintings in his trousers for the francs in Rene's. Meanwhile, the two leaders of the Communist Resistance are on the run, and both decide independently to take cover in Cafe Rene. Rene agrees to hide Denise, and Edith takes on Louise as Rene's musical scheme gets its first tryout, only to have Leclerc mix up the records and make Edith sing Ol' Man River. … Expand

Creator: Jeremy Lloyd and Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft

Genre(s): Comedy

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  Air Date: September 3, 1988
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  Air Date: February 25, 1989
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  Air Date: February 18, 1989
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  Air Date: February 11, 1989
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  Air Date: December 17, 1988
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  S5:E15. Forged Francs & Fishsellers
  Air Date: December 10, 1988
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  S5:E14. Communists in the Cupboard
  Air Date: December 3, 1988
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  S5:E13. The Bank Job
  Air Date: November 26, 1988
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  Air Date: November 19, 1988
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  S5:E11. The British Invasion
  Air Date: November 12, 1988
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  Air Date: November 5, 1988
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  Air Date: October 29, 1988
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