Thanks for that, jazzy.
We regularly visit a German friend in Tubingen (near the Black Forest), and for years, when asked what English present she would like is to bring, asked for episodes of "allo allo" - she now has them all (including the last one, where the missing "Fallen madonna with the big boobies" is rediscovered.
She also introduced us to the Freddie Frinton "Dinner for one" sketch, which is, apparently, compulsory viewing for all Germans around Christmas,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9rhMWC4mqQ