The smash hit series returns to Channel 4 for a third series, once again taking a darkly comedic look at suburbia, and beginning with a double-header tonight. It is six months later and rain is falling on Wisteria Lane.

With a baby on the way and her marriage on the rocks, Gabrielle finds she has more than she can handle; Lynette tries to embrace a newly-discovered stepdaughter, and Bree finds her new love Dr. Orson Hodge's mysterious past is beginning to unfold.

Meanwhile, plumber Mike Delfino, having been run over by Orson, remains in a coma. And Susan meets a charming Englishman while visiting Mike in hospital.

Wednesday 3 January 2007 on C4.