Episodes
- S3 E1 - Njorl's SagaOctober 18, 197231min'A courteous murderer wins a suspended sentence by virtue of his charm; a search for Paris by way of Iceland is interrupted by a plane crash and a shipwreck. Also: how to dispose of pets before going on vacation.Available to buy
- S3 E2 - Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford PopularOctober 25, 197229minA couple investigate the cultural similarities between two London districts, seven miles apart; schoolboys' extracurricular activities are examined; a TV farming club comments on Tchaikovsky.Available to buy
- S3 E3 - The Money ProgrammeNovember 1, 197229min"The Money Program" features a Swiss banker, a city accountant and a song of praise.Available to buy
- S3 E4 - Blood, Devastation, Death, War and HorrorNovember 8, 197230minA program called "Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror," featuring a man who speaks exclusively in anagrams; a timorous TV announcer, before and after he undergoes psychiatric treatment; the employment of "pantomime horses."Available to buy
- S3 E5 - The All-England Summarise Proust CompetitionNovember 15, 197231minContestants in "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition" are judged in swimsuit and evening-gown categories; an irate customer confronts his travel agent. Also: an expedition to Mount Everest, made by an international group of hairstylists.Available to buy
- S3 E6 - The War Against PornographyNovember 22, 197228minSurgical tools applied to a mildly anesthetized patient include a power drill and a mallet; a TV program features a lecture on gastropods, highlighted by the visit of a whelk.Available to buy
- S3 E7 - Salad DaysNovember 29, 197229minA climbing expedition negotiates a hazardous London road; an attempt is made to determine whether an urban dwelling is a house or a lifeboat. Also: a mouse's quest for cheese, which leads to the production of a Western called "Rogue Cheddar."Available to buy
- S3 E8 - The Cycling TourDecember 6, 197231minMr Pither; Clodagh Rogers; Trotsky; Smolensk; Bingo-crazed Chinese (British Ambassador); 'Jack in a Box'.Available to buy
- S3 E9 - The Nude ManDecember 13, 197231minA housing project induced by hypnosis stands as long as the tenants believe in it. Also highlights of the Olympic Hide-and-Seek finals; suggestions for improving bullfighting, such as the use of radar.Available to buy
- S3 E10 - E. Henry Thripshaw's DiseaseDecember 20, 197228minA police investigator is mistaken for Sir Philip Sidney in a Tudor-period job agency, which actually deals in pornography; King Solomon judges the case of a stray bee; a panel of dead people debates the question "Is There a Life After Death?"Available to buy
- S3 E11 - Dennis MooreJanuary 3, 197331minA highwayman steals "lupins" from the rich and tries to give them to the poor. Also: the first episode in a tatty, tedious 18th-century serial is brought to a screeching halt; peasants clamor for Titian paintings and Venetian glass.Available to buy
- S3 E12 - A Book at BedtimeJanuary 10, 197327min'A Book at Bedtime'; 'Red Gauntlet'; Kamikaze Highlanders; No time to lose; Penguins; BBC pro-gramme planners; Unexploded Scotsmen; 'Spot the Looney'; Rival documentaries; 'Dad's Doctors'; Dad's Pooves'.Available to buy
- S3 E13 - The British Showbiz AwardsJanuary 17, 197327minOscar Wilde, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, George Bernard Shaw and the future Edward VII exchange epigrams at an evening party; mechanical brain surgery fails to dramatically affect a woman's mentality.Available to buy
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