Season 3

Episodes • 1986

Mel Smith
Griff Rhys Jones
Gas Readers

1. Gas Readers

30 min

A bad year on the horses and a worse one on the property market means that BBC2 is proud and extremely lucky to present The New Series.

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Try Not to Look Like a Badger

2. Try Not to Look Like a Badger

30 min

Starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones with Alexandra Dane, Peter Dawson, Robin Driscoll, Nigel Harman, Peter McCarthy , Gareth Milne and Sylvestra Ie Touzel.

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Scuba Diver

3. Scuba Diver

30 min

With special appearances by Mick Channon, Gary Glitter, Leslie Grantham, Jools Holland, Hazel O'Connor and Janet Street-Porter.

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Football Supporters on a Plane

4. Football Supporters on a Plane

30 min

More fun and frolics as the whacky duo think it a super wheeze to rehash an old Terry and June script.

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Getting Ready for the Show

5. Getting Ready for the Show

30 min

Two men, two minds, two visions... one porpoise.

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Mel Gives Birth

6. Mel Gives Birth

30 min

Last Smith and Jones for a while. Featuring the definitive opus of Peter Leander Brewis, 'Concerto for string quartet and next-door neighbour', recorded earlier in the year at the Oddfellows Hall, Peckham.

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