Hogan's Heroes
The Return of Major Bonacelli
TV Flash files “The Return of Major Bonacelli” as hour 117 of 168 in the TV Flash guide — Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971) on CBS, season 4, episode 25, aired 1969-03-15, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S04E25: listed hour 117 of 168 in the Hogan's Heroes guide, hour 25 of 26 in season 4. It aired 1969-03-15 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Big Dish” (S04E24). Next is “Happy Birthday, Dear Hogan” (S04E26).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Hogan's Italian contact has been compromised and needs to be smuggled out of the country but only if German cuisine doesn't kill him first.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Return of Major Bonacelli sit in the Hogan's Heroes guide?
S04E25 is listed hour 117 of 168 — hour 25 of 26 in season 4, season 4 episode 25.
When did Hogan's Heroes S04E25 air?
The Return of Major Bonacelli aired 1969-03-15 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Any Stalag 13 hour that puts Hogan's operation against Klink and Schultz shows the clockwork: Crane's scheme, Klemperer's commandant, Banner's 'I know nothing.' The supporting POWs are the rest of the engine.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Allied POWs run rings around bumbling Luftwaffe officers from inside Stalag 13 — WWII as high-wire farce. Bob Crane's Hogan, Werner Klemperer's Klink, and John Banner's Schultz made a controversial camp premise into clockwork syndication. Suspension of historical disbelief required; comic engineering rewarded.
The wire is a silhouette. CBS's *Hogan's Heroes* (1965–1971) dresses Allied POWs as model prisoners and lets them run rings around bumbling Luftwaffe officers from inside Stalag 13 — WWII as high-wire farce, **168 episodes** across six seasons. Bob Crane's Col. Hogan is the tailor of the camp: uniform as plot, tunnel as wardrobe change. Werner Klemperer's Colonel Klink and John Banner's Sergeant Schultz stole the look from the heroes — monocle, shrug, *I know nothing* as a national silhouette. Robert Clary and…
Filed against
- Bob Crane as Col. Robert Hogan
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- Werner Klemperer as Col. Wilhelm Klink
Werner Klemperer’s Col. Wilhelm Klink ran Hogan’s Heroes as bumbling Luftwaffe weather — Allied POWs circling Stalag 13, WWII as high-wire farce, Bob Crane’s Hogan and John Banner’s Schultz in clockwork syndication. Controversial camp…
- John Banner as Sgt. Hans Schultz
John Banner’s Sgt. Hans Schultz made Hogan’s Heroes a weekly “I know nothing” — Allied POWs running rings around bumbling Luftwaffe officers inside Stalag 13, WWII as high-wire farce. Bob Crane’s Hogan, Werner Klemperer’s Klink, Banner’s…
- Robert Clary as Cpl. Louis LeBeau
Robert Clary's Cpl. Louis LeBeau seasoned Hogan's Heroes as Allied POW farce inside Stalag 13 — Bob Crane's Hogan, Werner Klemperer's Klink, John Banner's Schultz, WWII as high-wire sitcom. Controversial camp premise, clockwork…
- Richard Dawson as Cpl. Peter Newkirk
Richard Dawson’s Cpl. Peter Newkirk picked Hogan’s Heroes’ pockets with a Cockney grin — 1960s catalog Stalag farce, then Match Game and Family Feud turned the same flirt into daytime sport. TV Flash files him as the POW who became a…