1989

S3.E1 ∙ Keeping Up Appearances

Fri, Aug 30, 1991

Darryl has let himself go and upsets Tracey when he suggests she wear something more revealing. Meanwhile, Chris has won the premium bonds and Sharon tries to keep the money.

7.1 /10

S3.E2 ∙ Tinker, Tailor...

Fri, Sep 06, 1991

Tracey and Sharon receive a visit from a motorist in need of water. Afterwards, they begin to think the man was a police spy trying to get information on Darryl and Chris, but it's Dorien who's left in tears.

7.4 /10

S3.E3 ∙ Baby Come Back

Fri, Sep 13, 1991

Sharon reconnects with Dave and starts dreaming of finally starting a family with him. But when Dave learns that Sharon had aborted his baby when they first dated, things take a nasty turn.

6.8 /10

S3.E4 ∙ Just Family

Fri, Sep 20, 1991

Darryl's parents, Les and Olive, are invited round to dinner at Dalentrace. Everything goes well until they report a very distorted picture of what's going on in Chigwell to their son.

7.9 /10

S3.E5 ∙ Confidence

Fri, Sep 27, 1991

Tracey wants to find a job, but lacks confidence so Sharon volunteers her services to the prisoners' wives newsletter.

7 /10

S3.E6 ∙ The Lost Weekend

Fri, Oct 04, 1991

Much to Sharon's dismay, Dorien and Tracey decide they're all going hang-gliding. Unfortunately, the adventurous weekend is called off when Dorien falls over and lands herself in hospital.

7.1 /10

S3.E7 ∙ History

Fri, Oct 11, 1991

Tracey finds an old photograph that calls Darryl's faithfulness into question.

7.2 /10

S3.E8 ∙ Poetic Justice

Fri, Oct 18, 1991

Chris and Darryl have temporarily been relocated to a prison on the Isle of Wight. Whilst there visiting, Tracey falls ill and Dorien ends up getting close to Chris.

7.4 /10

S3.E9 ∙ Favour of the Month

Fri, Oct 25, 1991

Desmond Gibbs, who claims he took Darryl under his wing when he was first sent down, turns up at Tracey's house. He is a loser who breaks everything he touches but she feels sorry for him and, to Sharon's annoyance, lets him stay. They get him a job as chauffeur to the injured Marcus but he manages to wreck not only Marcus's car but Dorien's plans for afternoon delight.

7.4 /10

S3.E10 ∙ Cuckoo

Fri, Nov 01, 1991

Sharon faces prosecution by the Social Security since they pay rent for her old flat when she no longer lives there and her lodger is in prison. When she and Tracey visit the flat they find squatters have moved in and the lady next door uses the address to order from a record club without paying. They manage to change the locks whilst the squatters are out but find that Dorien has been using Sharon's experiences as a model for the heroine of her saucy novel.

6.9 /10

S3.E11 ∙ Schooling

Fri, Nov 08, 1991

Sharon accuses Tracey of inverted snobbery when she is annoyed with Garth for spending his school holidays with hunting and shooting types and feels she cannot bring herself to tell her sister that her new boyfriend, Mark, is upper-class. However, when Dorien takes Sharon for a riding lesson and they meet Mark and his controlling mother, Sharon realizes that he is not the man for her.

7.2 /10

S3.E12 ∙ Business

Fri, Nov 15, 1991

Chris inherits a café and Sharon is so pleased to be running it she celebrates by drinking Greek brandy, which, mixed with the medication she's on, causes her to throw up in a policeman's helmet. Business starts to boom but Dorien gets side-tracked whilst on the sandwich run and Tracey walks out when she feels Sharon is exploiting her. When the police get called for a second time Sharon's business seems doomed but Dorien knows someone who needs a cleaner.

7.4 /10

S3.E13 ∙ We'll Always Have Majorca

Tue, Dec 24, 1991

Abel Kane, ex-rock star and ex-cellmate of Darryl, offers the sisters, Garth and Dorien free use of his villa in Majorca. On arrival the women are shocked to find Darryl and Chris are there, having escaped whilst touring with the prison rock band. Helpful local Pedro comes in to clean and rescues the three women after they have been marooned on an island after a boat trip. On return to the villa, however, they find someone has planted drugs in Dorien's hand-bag, leading to their arrest. Fortunately Darryl uses his insider information to bust a drug-smuggling racket and get them all freed whilst Tracey has some news of her own - she might be pregnant!

7.8 /10