The ratings for this third episode plummeted to 6 million and 49th place on the charts.
The reason for the large drop in popularity is not clear: although ITV had competition that did slightly better in the ratings (including an audience of 6.5 million for
Episode #1.3 (1988) and 6.1 million for
Episode #2.11 (1988) ) these were not opposing programmes that were unique to this episode.