Series 3 (1990)
| # | Episode Notes | Directed By | Written By | Original Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The watch arrive at a house fire and rescue the children; Charisma has left the watch and transferred to staff; Josie is also leaving to become leading firewoman at Charlton, so the watch hold a party in her honour and hire Technique as a stripper; Vaseline's replacement arrives: Colin, fresh out of training and very gullible; the watch convince Colin that Tate is a born again Christian and that he should say grace before every meal; Malcolm continues to blame himself for Vaseline's death, having ordered him to use his BA set underwater, but is only given an informal warning by Bulstrode; Josie spots David, the man who attempted to rape her, and causes a scene until he is arrested | Gerry Mill | Anita Bronson | 30 September 1990 (1990-09-30) |
| 2 | The watch play another prank on Colin, this time getting him to monitor radioactive particles in the atmosphere and persuade him that he must sign the Official Secrets Act; even Bulstrode sees the funny side and joins in with the ruse; Josie takes charge during a tar spill; Hallam is sent on a training course with Duffy; Tony meets up with Jenny, an old flame; a ship's engine room catches fire and the watch have to wade through foam to rescue a trapped crew member; | John Reardon | Anita Bronson | 7 October 1990 (1990-10-07) |
| 3 | The watch tackle a fire at a block of flats started by drug dealers; when the dealer comes down the ladder he kicks the police officer and flees; Colin gives chase with Bayleaf running behind; Colin gets kicked in the face and Bayleaf gets slashed in the cheek; a furious Bayleaf warns Colin never to run off alone again; Bayleaf considers a transfer to Croydon to be closer to Clare, but Tate won't give him the necessary form; Duffy smears lipstick on Hallam's underwear and when Sandra discovers it, she makes him sleep on the sofa; the watch soon get to hear about it and continually sing "there's lipstick all over my y-fronts" and "have you seen the y-front man?"; the watch deal with a train derailment; Colin is distraught when a woman has to have her legs amputated | Gerry Mill | Anita Bronson | 14 October 1990 (1990-10-14) |
| 4 | A man enters a DHSS building and sets himself alight; Sicknote organises a campaign to save the local city farm; a trench collapses at a building site; Malcolm helps save a man who is buried and is recommended for a commendation; Technique is called to a meeting at HQ, where he learns that the Brigade has been spying on him for suspected moonlighting, and is thrown out of the service; meanwhile Bayleaf moonlights as a painter and decorator; Beattie persuades George to join a dancing class | John Reardon | Anita Bronson | 21 October 1990 (1990-10-21) |
| 5 | A high rise window cleaner is trapped in a cradle and Sicknote has to be lowered down to him on a rope; George meets Kelly at his dance class; Malcolm discovers that the man whose life he saved is brain damaged; Bulstrode and Tate work together to scupper Bayleaf's plans to transfer; Bulstrode gives Bayleaf an ultimatum: either he take over as Bulstrode's official driver or remain at Blackwall; Tate is promoted to temporary station commander; Sicknote is temporarily promoted to mess manager and Maggie walks out within minutes; Technique wins a bodybuilding contest and stands up Marion; Colin sparks a row in the pub and Technique butts him, and Jaffa punches Technique. | Keith Washington | Anita Bronson | 28 October 1990 (1990-10-28) |
| 6 | Kate Stevens joins the watch as a probationary officer and immediately distinguishes herself by rescuing a baby from a car fire; Colin turns up at Kate's house, but flees when she and her friends offer him a threesome; George takes part in a dancing contest with Kelly; Tate invites Tony and Jenny to dinner, but Tony is annoyed when Tate suggests he be used in a campaign to recruit more ethnic minority officers; a very large man has a heart attack and blue watch have to move him with the aid of a crane; Tate is relieved to learn that his promotion to station commander will not be made permanent; | Gerry Mill | David Humphries | 4 November 1990 (1990-11-04) |
| 7 | Tate helps release a man whose head is stuck between two iron bars; Colin is sent to buy the watch a Chinese takeaway but messes up the order and they only get rice; Kevin's dad is released from prison and Kevin persuades Marion to let him stay, but he steals money from her; Blue Watch attend a fire at a hospital; Bayleaf receives his 20 year service medal | John Reardon | Anita Bronson | 11 November 1990 (1990-11-11) |
| 8 | Malcolm receives his commendation for bravery; Blue Watch have to deal with a flooded funeral parlour; George, Tony and Kevin play a prank on Colin by having Kevin leap out of a floating coffin; Tate fails a routine medical and is forced to take early retirement; to George's horror, Bayleaf has a video of George and Kelly dancing, and shows it to the watch | Keith Washington | David Humphries | 18 November 1990 (1990-11-18) |
Read more about this topic: List Of London's Burning Episodes
Famous quotes containing the word series:
“As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after.”
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930)