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| '''''The Fallen ]''''', usually referred to as '''''The Fallen Madonna with the Big ]'''''<ref name="WT" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/oxfordshire/6591777.stm |title= Fallen Madonna to go to new buyer |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk |accessdate=17 April 2010 | date=25 April 2007}}</ref><ref name="Sun">{{cite news |url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article192597.ece |title=TV Fallen Madonna found |work= The Sun |accessdate=17 April 2010 |location=London |first=John |last=Coles |date=24 May 2007}}</ref> by the fictional painter Van Klomp ("Klomp" is ] for ]) was a portrait of a bare breasted woman, which provided a ] in the long-running ] ] series '']'' (1982–92), written by ] and ]. The first episode of the ] of '''Allo 'Allo!'' (1984) was titled ''The Fallen Madonna''.<ref>Broadcast 14 September 1984</ref> In an earlier pilot the painting was referred to as the reclining Madonna. Since 25 February 2015 The Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies more commonly refers to one time queen of pop, Madonna's fall from the stage in the 2015 Brit Awards. | |||
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| '''Allo 'Allo!'' was set in the French town of ] 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.<ref name="BBC" /> | |||
| An incredible number of forgeries of the Fallen Madonna were made, mostly by ] and ], which were naturally hidden in ] sausages in René's kitchen. The forgeries were subsequently destroyed in various ways (burned, blown up, minced, eaten by a dog, etc.). | |||
| ==Lord Bath== | |||
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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 that was hung alongside ]s in Bath's ancestral home, ].<ref name="WT">], 16 December 2005, ''''. Retrieved 7 April 2008.</ref><ref name="Sun" /><ref name="BBC">''The Return of 'Allo 'Allo!'' (]), 28 April 2007</ref> | |||
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