The BEST episodes of Goodnight Sweetheart season 3

Every episode of Goodnight Sweetheart season 3, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Goodnight Sweetheart season 3!

Gary Sparrow is an underachieving TV repairman, unhappily married to the loud and often mocking Yvonne Sparrow. However, Gary's life is changed forever upon discovering a time portal taking him back to a war-torn London, leading to an East End pub (the Royal Oak) and an attractive barmaid named Phoebe, who becomes his girlfriend. From then on, Gary leads a double life, going back and forth across time to please the two women in his life closest to his heart, but furthest apart.

Last Updated: 10/7/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
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Let's Get Away from It All
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8.33
3 votes

#1 - Let's Get Away from It All

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/4/1996

Both Yvonne and Phoebe want to move house, but moving is the least of Gary's worries, as he is hit by bombshells in both his lives.

Directors: Robin Nash
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Goodnight Children Everywhere
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7.79
39 votes

#2 - Goodnight Children Everywhere

Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 1/29/1996

Phoebe's young orphaned relatives Sally and Peter return to live with her at the Royal Oak, and Gary has his arm twisted to help on the home front. Ron is still having problems with Stella, and despite Yvonne's unwillingness he moves in, but Gary begins to regret taking pity on him.

Directors: Robin Nash
Writer: Geoff Rowley
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The Yanks Are Coming
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7.72
36 votes

#3 - The Yanks Are Coming

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/26/1996

Gary is put out when the Americans arrive at the Royal Oak. As Gary owes Ron a favor, he sets up a deal to import some American goods from 1942. An episode of racial tension requires Gary to take some drastic action.

Directors: Robin Nash
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One O'Clock Jump
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7.67
45 votes

#4 - One O'Clock Jump

Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/8/1996

Gary is having some success with his shop, but this makes the unemployed Yvonne depressed, until she gets a job interview. Phoebe becomes broody. Gary makes a trip to Streatham bus garage, which leads to a revelation for PC Deadman.

Directors: Robin Nash
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It Ain't Necessarily So
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7.64
45 votes

#5 - It Ain't Necessarily So

Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/1/1996

When Gary returns from the skiing holiday, he goes to see Phoebe, but makes an error in front of Mrs Bloss. This creates problems for Phoebe, but Mrs Bloss has a secret too. Stella Wheatcroft arranges a New Year's Eve party but doesn't invite Ron. Gary benefits from British Summer Time.

Directors: Robin Nash
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Someone to Watch Over Me
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7.63
38 votes

#6 - Someone to Watch Over Me

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/19/1996

Having missed the interview that Yvonne had arranged for him, Gary pretends to have been taken ill and takes things quietly until Ron comes round to cheer him up. Phoebe becomes ill; can Gary transport medicine back in time? Yvonne has something she has to tell Gary.

Directors: Robin Nash
Writer: Paul Makin
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Change Partners
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7.53
45 votes

#7 - Change Partners

Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/22/1996

The Ron and Stella saga continues. All seems well with both Phoebe and Yvonne, but while Gary's away the girls get up to things. Gary's nearly late as the belle of the ball. Meanwhile, in the cellar Reg is making a present for Frankie.

Directors: Robin Nash
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Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
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7.53
47 votes

#8 - Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 12/26/1995

Gary buys a shop for his new business selling World War Two items, and Ron terrifies the protagonist when suggesting he might have influenced the Americans' decisions over Pearl Harbor. Thus to prevent putting a dint in history, back in the 1940s Gary tries convincing a senior American of the Japanese attack.

Directors: Robin Nash
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It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
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7.53
51 votes

#9 - It's a Sin to Tell a Lie

Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/15/1996

Gary helps Yvonne with her OU work with a WW2 tale of a Nazi spy and counterfeit money. Ron and Stella are still causing each other grief.

Directors: Robin Nash
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There's Something About a Soldier
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7.41
44 votes

#10 - There's Something About a Soldier

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/12/1996

Yvonne pressures Gary to take a sensible job with her new company, and arranges an interview for him. Gary's life with Phoebe is threatened by a returning hero, so should he forsake the past and stay in the 1990s?

Directors: Robin Nash
Writer: Paul Makin
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Turned Out Nice Again
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7.37
43 votes

#11 - Turned Out Nice Again

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/5/1996

The famous entertainer George Formby arrives at the Royal Oak wanting to record one of Gary's songs. Gary has doubts about tampering with history. Stella has a deep discussion with Yvonne about the men in her life.

Directors: Robin Nash
Writer: Geoff Rowley
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