Series 3: BBC 1, 2002
The third series was first broadcast on BBC One from 28 April 2002 until 2 June 2002.
| Episode | Title | Writer(s) | Director | Original airdate |
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| (3-01) | "Bridging the Gap" | Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais | Paul Seed | 28 April 2002 (2002-04-28) |
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The first episode begins with a Native American meditating over the Grand Canyon he has a vision of The Angel of the North It cuts to Dennis who is driving a minicab for a local drug dealer. Neville is running his own building company and is worried over the tax man. Moxey is working in a nightclub as a cleaner. Barry is driving around in a Bentley. Neville picks up Dennis at the railway station. Bomber is already at Oz's wake in Middlesbrough. Neville & Dennis are waiting for the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge when they see Moxey have a motorcycle accident with the motorcycle ending up in the River Tees. They all meet up, except Wayne, and swap stories. Then Oz turns up, to the outrage of the others. He explains about it's the death of the old Oz and that the new Oz has a plan. They go off to see the Transporter Bridge and Oz fills them in about the plan to dismantle the Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge. Then Wyman (Noel Clarke) turns up, he's Wayne's son. He tells the others his dad died of a Congenital Heart Defect. This news shatters the lads but Wyman is welcomed into the group. Oz goes off to meet Geoffrey Grainger, (Bill Nighy) the former disgraced MP who Oz saved from being gang raped while in jail. He is the head of the Haversham consortium who are regenerating the area around the old Transporter Bridge. He told Oz about this while inside. Oz organizes the labour with a gang master called Yorgo. Moxey is asked by the police to get some dirt on Mickey Startup, the gangster who owns the nightclub he works in. Dennis tells the lads he can't be part of Oz's deal as he has no money. Barry has dinner with Grainger to see if the deal is legit. Barry returns home via his business and discovers Kadi(his brother-in-law) is smuggling cocaine in Ladas. Moxey steals all of Mickey Startup's papers and money from his safe and then turns up on Oz's doorstep. All the lads are there apart from Dennis. They go in search of Dennis and he's driving his drug dealer around. Oz knocks the drug dealer out and Dennis re-joins the lads. |
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| (3-02) | "Heavy Metal" | Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais | Paul Seed | 5 May 2002 (2002-05-05) |
| Oz's money-making plan reaches fruition and work begins on the deconstruction of the bridge. However, good times are shortlived as fights break out between rival Serbian and Kosovan workers, Startup's hit-man closes in on Moxey, and Oz stumbles upon the sorry truth behind Barry's marriage to Tatiana. | ||||
| (3-03) | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais | Paul Seed, Smith | 12 May 2002 (2002-05-12) |
| Startup's hit-man has gone missing, so he heads up to Middlesbrough himself to find Moxey and his missing cash. Oz is forced to take decisive action over the bridge deal, exploiting his dubious sexual charms to stay one step ahead of the unscrupulous Grainger. Barry becomes suspicious of his business partner Kadi's behaviour and Oz is in for a major shock when he goes to watch his son perform at Club Tabu. | ||||
| (3-04) | "A Bridge Too Far" | Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais | Paul Seed | 19 May 2002 (2002-05-19) |
| With the deal to sell the bridge in tatters, it looks like the lads are going to be left seriously out of pocket, until a Native American, Joe Saugus (Gordon Tootoosis), arrives in Middlesbrough with a view to buy the Transporter Bridge if the lads will reconstruct it across a canyon in the Arizona desert. Meanwhile, Barry faces up to the truth about his business and marriage. | ||||
| (3-05) | "Another Country " | Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais | Paul Seed | 26 May 2002 (2002-05-26) |
| The lads have arrived in the USA to reconstruct the Transporter Bridge across a canyon in the Arizona desert for Joe's Native American nation. Drugs are discovered amongst their luggage and it looks like they could face a lengthy spell in jail! | ||||
| (3-06) | "An Inspector Calls" | Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais | Paul Seed | 2 June 2002 (2002-06-02) |
| Wyman's missing; Barry's facing charges of drug smuggling; Moxey's wanted in connection with a murder in Teeside; Neville falls for a prostitute; and a vital part of the Transporter Bridge is missing. Oz has a liaison with Grainger to discover how he deceived the lads. A police detective from Middlesbrough arrives to save the day. |
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