6 episodes • September 26, 2002 - October 31, 2002

The third series of the classic horror-comedy from Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, set in the strange town of Royston Vasey.

6 episodes

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   The Lesbian and the Monkey

   30 min • Sep 26, 2002 (24 years ago)

   Ross springs Pauline from jail--provided she can find evidence to convict Mickey and get him off the Dole.

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   The One-Armed Man Is King

   30 min • Oct 3, 2002 (24 years ago)

   Lance bribes hospital disc jockey Mike King to arrange an under-the-counter arm transplant. Meanwhile, Glenn and Barry fail miserably in an attempt to recover outstanding debts.

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   Turn Again Geoff Tipps

   30 min • Oct 10, 2002 (24 years ago)

   Geoff is fired from his job and leaves in an attempt to make it as a stand-up comedian in London. There he runs into the Legz Akimbo team and Mike.

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   The Medusa Touch

   30 min • Oct 17, 2002 (24 years ago)

   Regular Cast: Mark as Alvin Steele / Les McQueen Steve as Daddy / Nancy Glass / Barbara [voice] / Anne Hand Reese as Noel Glass / Judith Buckle / Terry Lollard B&B proprietors Alvin and Sunny invite their weekend 'Sexplorers' to join them in a voyage of auto-erotic discovery - although Alvin would prefer to be at the garden centre. But who is the mysterious femme fatale in the dwarf conifers and what is the secret of the fearsome 'Medusa'? The Ending: Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen is having a fag with his wig off in the backyard of the Windermere when the white van comes crashing through the wall, sending tons of bricks down on him...

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   Beauty and the Beast (Or, Come into My Parlour)

   30 min • Oct 24, 2002 (24 years ago)

   Regular Cast: Mark as Tony / Iris Krell [voice] / Neds / Professor Breastpinch'd Steve as Charlie Hull Reese as Stella Hull / Judee Levinson / Keith Drop CHARLIE & STELLA / MRS LEVINSON: The Hulls' marriage seems to have disintegrated beyond repair and Stella's hooked on playing fruit machines. Meanwhile, Charlie starts working for Judee Levinson at her new beauty salon, the ""Spit and Polish"", doing massages on blindfolded clients, who think it's Judee doing them herself. His healing hands wow the customers, until an old man asks if he can do any ""extras"". Word spreads and the salon is packed with the men of Royston Vasey, blissfully unaware they are being w* off by Charlie. When Tony comes for one of the ""special massages"", Charlie becomes obsessed with him and falls in love with him, eventually telling Tony he's the masseur with the magic hands. Tony is disgusted and the s* hits the fan: Stella wins big on the fruit machines and jets off overseas, and Judee sacks him.

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   How The Elephant Got Its Trunk

   30 min • Oct 31, 2002 (24 years ago)

   After a bag is blown out the window of the Charity Shop Vinnie spots it on a country road and sets out in hot pursuit. Papa Lazarou returns and all the series' loose ends are tied up.