Watching the series , three episodes in , it is rather lightwight all the jokes are telegraphed. Frankie is just Frankie, supporting cast aren't great and appear "wooden" which is down to the writing not the actors . I just watched the third episode and the plot is about a mix up between Charles De Gaulle and a high ranking officer in the German army who are both in Britain Frankie mixes up the orders and De Gaulle ends up in the Tower instead of a suite in a Hotel . De Gaulle's representative is a short sighted french officer who is a shoe in for Crabtree in Allo Allo assume the Frankie series character came first but not sure so did Croft and LLoyd see this episode and devised Crabtree with the French Officer in mind.