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French & Saunders: Season 3

7 episodes Premiered Mar 15, 1990 Updated Oct 6, 2026
Previously on French & Saunders

Season 3 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of French & Saunders Season 2.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 3 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 3: Filler vs. Essential Canon

Filter episodes by narrative weight. Focus on essential mytharc and skip standalone side quests.

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (4): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S3·E1 Mytharc

The Sound of Music

Mar 15, 1990 · 30 min

Season 3 kicks off with a great 'Sound of Music' send up - Dawn as Maria and Jen as Mother Superior fight it out to sing 'Climb ev'ry Mountain'. Jerry Hall and Marie Helvin stand i

S3·E2 Core

Whatever Happened to Baby Dawn?

Mar 22, 1990 · 30 min

As the title suggests, this weeks film is a parody of 'Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?', with Jen isolated upstairs in a wheelchair, as Dawn gets up to some 'serupticious, drunken,

S3·E3 Core

The Exorcist

Mar 29, 1990 · 30 min

Poor Dawnie is posessed this week, as we see in the French and Saunders' take on 'The Exorcist'. We see into the pitfalls of being a 'lookie-likie' on 'Watch-Out', the consumer af

S3·E4 Core

Gone with the Wind

Apr 5, 1990 · 30 min

Jen is Scarlet O'Hara - 'Fiddle-de-dee'! We see how they pass the time on a prison visit, 'Countdown' and 'Name That Tune' go down well! This weeks Star Test Guest is lead singer f

S3·E5 Core

Dangerous Liaisons

Apr 12, 1990 · 30 min

It's whispering rumours-'n'-deceit-beind-fans time as Dawn and Jen 'do' Dangerous Liaisons. Star Test interviews Tanita Tikaram and asks that burning question - ""What does 'Twist

S3·E6 Mytharc

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Apr 19, 1990 · 30 min

Jennifer's Marilyn Monroe and Dawn's Jane Russell spell it out with an outrageous rendition of Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend.

S3·E7 Mytharc

Casting Agency

Apr 26, 1990 · 30 min

Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders round off their series with more comedy sketches and special guest Jane Asher.

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