Birds of a Feather

Oct 16, 1989 (en) Comedy, Drama [30] Min
  • First Air Date
    Oct 16, 1989
  • Production
    BBC, ITV
  • Rotten tomato
    60.48%
  • Original title
    Birds of a Feather
  • Release
    Oct 16, 1989
  • en
    -

Overview

Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on ITV from 2013. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers. The first episode sees sisters Tracey Stubbs and Sharon Theodopolopodos brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lived in an Edmonton council flat, moves into Tracey's expensive house in Chigwell, Essex. Their next-door neighbour, and later friend, Dorien Green is a middle-aged married woman who is constantly having affairs with younger men. In the later series the location is changed to Hainault. The series ended on Christmas Eve 1998 after a 9-year-run.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Pauline Quirke

    Sharon Theodopolopodos

  2. Linda Robson

    Tracey Stubbs

  3. Lesley Joseph

    Dorien Green

  4. Charlie Quirke

    Travis Stubbs

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 4 / Crews : 0

Specials ( 2016-12-24)

There's a Girl in My Souk

Episode: 1

The House for the Rising Sons

Episode: 2

We Gotta Get Out of This Place

Episode: 3

Series 1 ( 1989-10-16)

Nicked

Episode: 1

Just Visiting

Episode: 2

Shift!

Episode: 3

Women's Troubles

Episode: 4

Cheat!

Episode: 5

Substitute

Episode: 6

Sailing

Episode: 7

Series 2 ( 1990-09-06)

Getting A Grip

Episode: 1

Sweet Smell Of Success

Episode: 2

Young Guns

Episode: 3

Muesli

Episode: 4

Keep Off The Grass

Episode: 5

Mice

Episode: 6

Brief Encounter

Episode: 7

You Pays Yer Money

Episode: 8

Trust

Episode: 9

Thirty Something

Episode: 10

Love On The Run

Episode: 11

Old Friends

Episode: 12

Parting

Episode: 13

Jobs For The Girls

Episode: 14

Someone Else's Baby

Episode: 15

Falling In Love Again

Episode: 16

Series 3 ( 1991-08-31)

Keeping Up Appearances

Episode: 1

Tinker, Tailor

Episode: 2

Baby Come Back

Episode: 3

Just Family

Episode: 4

Confidence

Episode: 5

The Lost Weekend

Episode: 6

History

Episode: 7

Poetic Justice

Episode: 8

Favour Of The Month

Episode: 9

Cuckoo

Episode: 10

Schooling

Episode: 11

Business

Episode: 12

We'll Always Have Majorca

Episode: 13

Series 4 ( 1992-09-13)

Breadwinner

Episode: 1

Food For Thought

Episode: 2

Commitments

Episode: 3

Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape

Episode: 4

Caring

Episode: 5

Nine And A Half Days

Episode: 6

Belongings

Episode: 7

Hungry for Love

Episode: 8

Time and Tides

Episode: 9

Sisters Are Doing It...

Episode: 10

The Front

Episode: 11

Okey-Cokey-Karaoke

Episode: 12

Loyalty

Episode: 13

The Chigwell Connection

Episode: 14

Series 5 ( 1993-09-05)

High Fidelity

Episode: 1

Bang

Episode: 2

Non-Starter

Episode: 3

Absent Friends

Episode: 4

Suspicious Minds

Episode: 5

Dead Loss

Episode: 6

A Brush with the Law

Episode: 7

Mind Over Matter

Episode: 8

East Side Story

Episode: 9

Find the Lady

Episode: 10

An Inspector Stays

Episode: 11

All Gone Pear Shaped

Episode: 12

A Beautiful Game

Episode: 13

It Happened in Hollywood

Episode: 14

Series 6 ( 1994-09-18)

Not in my Backyard

Episode: 1

Mrs Robinson

Episode: 2

First Time Caller

Episode: 3

Compulsion

Episode: 4

All Day and All of the Night

Episode: 5

Appreciation Society

Episode: 6

Moving

Episode: 7

Out

Episode: 8

In at the Deep End

Episode: 9

Buisness is Buisness

Episode: 10

Puppy Love

Episode: 11

Still Waters Run Deep

Episode: 12

On The Glass

Episode: 13

Christmas in Dreamland

Episode: 14

The Chigwell Years

Episode: 15

Series 7 ( 1997-03-26)

Stand by your Man

Episode: 1

Nearest and Dearest

Episode: 2

Cheers

Episode: 3

Relative Strangers

Episode: 4

Porridge

Episode: 5

Rising Damp

Episode: 6

Three up, Two Down

Episode: 7

Are You Being Served?

Episode: 8

Never the Twain

Episode: 9

Three's Company

Episode: 10

Reservoir Birds

Episode: 11

Series 8 ( 1998-01-05)

Trouble and Strife

Episode: 1

The Essex Patient

Episode: 2

Maids of Ongar

Episode: 3

Baggage

Episode: 4

Can't Judge a Book

Episode: 5

Money

Episode: 6

Series 9 ( 1998-11-16)

Ghost

Episode: 1

Mummies and Daddies

Episode: 2

Sunday

Episode: 3

Model

Episode: 4

Nuptials

Episode: 5

Holy Ground

Episode: 6

Series 10 ( 2014-01-02)

Gimme Shelter

Episode: 1

Slave

Episode: 2

Hot Stuff

Episode: 3

Hearts for Sale

Episode: 4

Tattoo You

Episode: 5

Blinded by Love

Episode: 6

Back to Zero

Episode: 7

You Can't Always Get What You Want

Episode: 8

Series 11 ( 2014-12-26)

Birds on a Plane

Episode: 1

There's Something About Sharon

Episode: 2

Guess Who's Coming to Essex?

Episode: 3

The Girls with the Pearl Buttons

Episode: 4

Tracey's Choice

Episode: 5

The Chef, the Cook, His Mum and The Lodger

Episode: 6

Without a Trace

Episode: 7

Spa Wars

Episode: 8

Series 12 ( 2016-01-07)

Knocking on Heaven’s Door

Episode: 1

Too Much of Nothing

Episode: 2

Tombstone Blues

Episode: 3

Going, Going, Gone

Episode: 4

Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You

Episode: 5

Abandoned Love

Episode: 6

Blonde on Blonde

Episode: 7

Forever Young

Episode: 8
Oct 16, 1989 (en)
Comedy, Drama
[30] Min
  • First Air Date Oct 16, 1989
  • Production
    BBC, ITV
  • Rotten tomato 60.48%
Original Title Birds of a Feather
en

Overview

Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on ITV from 2013. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers. The first episode sees sisters Tracey Stubbs and Sharon Theodopolopodos brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lived in an Edmonton council flat, moves into Tracey's expensive house in Chigwell, Essex. Their next-door neighbour, and later friend, Dorien Green is a middle-aged married woman who is constantly having affairs with younger men. In the later series the location is changed to Hainault. The series ended on Christmas Eve 1998 after a 9-year-run.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer