Only Fools and Horses: Season 3
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 Only Fools and Horses 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.
Episode Guide
Season 3 Progress Shield
Homesick
Nov 10, 1983
Del Boy uses Rodney's election as chairman of the local tenants' association to plot a move to ground-floor accommodation.
Healthy Competition
Nov 17, 1983
Rodney breaks up the Trotter partnership to go it alone - with Mickey Pearce! Does Mickey's trip to the Costas mean that the duo are opening a Spanish branch already?
Friday the 14th
Nov 24, 1983
The Trotters visit Devon for a weekend's fishing but get involved with an escaped 'psycho' from the local mental hospital.
Yesterday Never Comes
Dec 1, 1983
Del Boy falls for posh tart Miranda when she comes to view a 'Queen Anne' cabinet, but Miranda is more interested in the painting that the boys' Gran lifted from her art dealer emp
May the Force Be with You
Dec 8, 1983
D.I. Slater is on the track of a stolen microwave oven and Del Boy is in the frame.
Wanted
Dec 15, 1983
Rodney is on the run after he is accused of being the 'Peckham Pouncer' - but where is that fragrant smell, wafting through the ventilation ducts of Nelson Mandela House, coming fr
Who's a Pretty Boy?
Dec 22, 1983
Del Boy arranges for Rodney and Grandad to redecorate Denzil and Corinne's flat. What is Corrinne going to say when she finds out that her canary is brown bread ?