Wish Me Luck - Season 3 (1990)

Twenty villagers from Courmont are killed in reprisal for Rex,who renounces God and quits the church. Whilst Emily has to break it to Kit and Renard that the uprising must be aborted,Faith and Gordon desperately plead for military back-up from the War Office,only to be told that all resources are needed for the Normandy landing. Lewis challenges Virginia over her visits to Philippe but she refuses to explain herself. Philippe, meanwhile,appalled by the massacre,confronts Stuckler though the meeting is interrupted by Rex,who kills several German soldiers before being ...

Having forced Sylvie to tell him of the set-up at Le Crest, Stuckler shoots her and her mother. The previously complacent Philippe, appalled by the brutality, agrees to spy for Virginia and tricks Stuckler into divulging the German plan of attack on Le Crest but before he can tell Virginia, Renard, unaware that he has changed sides, abducts him as a hostage. Nicole is put on trial for treason by the Maquis, found guilty and sentenced to death. Faith and Gordon secure military back-up for the uprising and inform Emily but next day Faith is told that it has been ...

Interrogated by Renard, Philippe says nothing but Virginia divulges their relationship. Already angry to think that no Allied support will be forthcoming to combat the expected German air strike, Renard orders them both to be shot along with Nicole. However Stuckler, unaware of Philippe's change of heart, has captured Renard's family and forces an exchange with them for Philippe whilst Virginia must prove her loyalty by killing Nicole. Nicole tells Emily that she is pregnant and is temporarily spared. Aware that they stand alone, Kit and the Maquis set out to destroy ...

Emily and Luc make it back to Le Crest, where Liz has just arrived but Lewis and Kit are both caught by the Germans and Kit is tortured. Philippe, using his position as prefect of police, takes advantage of Stuckler's absence to order their release but Kit is too ill to travel and only Lewis and Philippe make it back, with Stuckler now aware that Philippe has gone over to the Maquis. Back in London Faith hopes to send in a last minute back-up of French paratroopers but the Germans have already begun their air attack on Le Crest.

German paratroopers swarm all over Le Crest, forcing the Maquis into hiding in the woods. Brave woman doctor Bosco, Nicole, Philippe and Max's son Jean-Louis are among the casualties. The British agents and Renard and his family manage to get back to the town of Beaufort, where Liz is able to rescue Kit from the firing squad though Emily and Luc are less fortunate and Renard kills Stuckler to avenge them. There is jubilation in Beaufort as American tanks roll through the streets but back in London, Faith, Gordon and Max feel only bitterness at the shameful betrayal of...