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'''''The Fallen ]''''' by the fictional painter Van Klomp was a portrait of a bare breasted woman which provided a recurring theme of the long-running ] television comedy series '']'' (1984-92), written by ] and ]. The painting was always referred to as '''"the Fallen Madonna with the big boobies"''' <ref>"Boob" is ] for "breast": see ''Oxford Pocket Dictionary'' (8th ed, 1992).</ref>. The first episode of the ] of ''Allo 'Allo!'' (1984) was entitled ''The Fallen Madonna'' <ref>Broadcast on 14 September 1984</ref>.


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==Recurring theme in '''Allo 'Allo!''==
''‘Allo ‘Allo!'' was set in the fictional French town of Nouvion during the German occupation of the ]. Its focus was a café in the town square run by ] (played by ]). There were sustained attempts by the occupiers to appropriate the ''Fallen Madonna'', a local treasure, to provide a “]” after the war. Among those who coveted it were the local German commandant ] (]) and the '']'' ] himself on whose behalf ] (]) of the '']'' was instructed to secure it (But, of course, also wanted it for himself).

The painting was seen and hidden in various guises; it was often secreted, with suggestive possibilities, in a long '']'' (sausage). Forgeries were also in evidence. On one occasion Herr Flick drew attention to “three Fallen Madonnas with six big boobies” <ref>See ''The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!'' (BBC), 28 April 2007</ref>.

==Forgeries and Destructions==
The Fallen Madonna made into an incredible number of forgeries, mostly by ], 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, ] accidentally takes a bite off one of the corners, and in season 8 ] 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 ] with a specially commissioned copy of the ''Fallen Madonna'' which was hung alongside ] in Bath's ancestral home, ] <ref>''The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!'' (BBC), 28 April 2007</ref>.

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