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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 ] ] 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 ] ]</ref> In an earlier pilot the painting was referred to as the "reclining" Madonna. | |||
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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>''The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!'' (BBC), ] ]</ref> | |||
| ==Forgeries and Destructions== | |||
| An incredible number of forgeries of the Fallen Madonna were made, mostly by ], which were naturally hidden in ] sausages in René's kitchen. The forgeries were subsequently destroyed in various ways (burned, blown up, minced, etc.). At one point, ] accidentally took a bite off one of the corners, and in season 8 ] removed a breast in order to safeguard her rights to the painting, thus renaming it ''the Fallen Madonna with the missing boobie''. | |||
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| 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 ]s in Bath's ancestral home, ].<ref>''The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!'' (BBC), ] ]</ref> | |||
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