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Birds of a Feather

Mon, Oct 16, 1989
  • Comedy
  • Drama
Series · Synopsis

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Pauline Quirke
    Pauline Quirke
    as Sharon Theodopolopodos
  • Linda Robson
    Linda Robson
    as Tracey Stubbs
  • L
    Lesley Joseph
    as Dorien Green
  • Charlie Quirke
    Charlie Quirke
    as Travis Stubbs
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Episodes

12 seasons · 126 episodes

Ended · 126 aired
Season 1
7 episodes · 7 aired
▾
  • E1
    Nicked
    Aired · Mon, Oct 16, 1989 · 30m
  • E2
    Just Visiting
    Aired · Mon, Oct 23, 1989 · 30m
  • E3
    Shift!
    Aired · Mon, Oct 30, 1989 · 30m
  • E4
    Women's Troubles
    Aired · Mon, Nov 6, 1989 · 30m
  • E5
    Cheat!
    Aired · Mon, Nov 13, 1989 · 30m
  • E6
    Substitute
    Aired · Mon, Nov 20, 1989 · 30m
  • E7
    Sailing
    Aired · Tue, Dec 26, 1989 · 30m
Season 2
16 episodes · 16 aired
▾
  • E1
    Getting a Grip
    Aired · Thu, Sep 6, 1990 · 30m
  • E2
    Sweet Smell of Success
    Aired · Thu, Sep 13, 1990 · 30m
  • E3
    Young Guns
    Aired · Thu, Sep 20, 1990 · 30m
  • E4
    Muesli
    Aired · Thu, Sep 27, 1990 · 30m
  • E5
    Keep Off the Grass
    Aired · Thu, Oct 4, 1990 · 30m
  • E6
    Mice
    Aired · Thu, Oct 11, 1990 · 30m
  • E7
    Brief Encounter
    Aired · Thu, Oct 18, 1990 · 30m
  • E8
    You Pays Yer Money
    Aired · Thu, Oct 25, 1990 · 30m
  • E9
    Trust
    Aired · Thu, Nov 1, 1990 · 30m
  • E10
    Thirty Something
    Aired · Thu, Nov 8, 1990 · 30m
  • E11
    Love on the Run
    Aired · Thu, Nov 15, 1990 · 30m
  • E12
    Old Friends
    Aired · Thu, Nov 22, 1990 · 30m
  • E13
    Parting
    Aired · Thu, Nov 29, 1990 · 30m
  • E14
    Jobs for the Girls
    Aired · Thu, Dec 6, 1990 · 30m
  • E15
    Someone Else's Baby
    Aired · Thu, Dec 13, 1990 · 30m
  • E16
    Falling in Love Again
    Aired · Tue, Dec 25, 1990 · 30m
Season 3
13 episodes · 13 aired
▾
  • E1
    Keeping Up Appearances
    Aired · Sat, Aug 31, 1991 · 30m
  • E2
    Tinker, Tailor
    Aired · Sat, Sep 7, 1991 · 30m
  • E3
    Baby Come Back
    Aired · Sat, Sep 14, 1991 · 30m
  • E4
    Just Family
    Aired · Sat, Sep 21, 1991 · 30m
  • E5
    Confidence
    Aired · Sat, Sep 28, 1991 · 30m
  • E6
    The Lost Weekend
    Aired · Sat, Oct 5, 1991 · 30m
  • E7
    History
    Aired · Sat, Oct 12, 1991 · 30m
  • E8
    Poetic Justice
    Aired · Sat, Oct 19, 1991 · 30m
  • E9
    Flavour of the Month
    Aired · Sat, Oct 26, 1991 · 30m
  • E10
    Cuckoo
    Aired · Sat, Nov 2, 1991 · 30m
  • E11
    Schooling
    Aired · Sat, Nov 9, 1991 · 30m
  • E12
    Business
    Aired · Sat, Nov 16, 1991 · 30m
  • E13
    We'll Always Have Majorca
    Aired · Wed, Dec 25, 1991 · 30m
Season 4
14 episodes · 14 aired
▾
  • E1
    Breadwinner
    Aired · Sun, Sep 6, 1992 · 30m
  • E2
    Food for Thought
    Aired · Sun, Sep 13, 1992 · 30m
  • E3
    Commitments
    Aired · Sun, Sep 20, 1992 · 30m
  • E4
    Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape
    Aired · Sun, Sep 27, 1992 · 30m
  • E5
    Caring
    Aired · Sun, Oct 4, 1992 · 30m
  • E6
    Nine and a Half Days
    Aired · Sun, Oct 11, 1992 · 30m
  • E7
    Belongings
    Aired · Sun, Oct 18, 1992 · 30m
  • E8
    Hungry for Love
    Aired · Sun, Oct 25, 1992 · 30m
  • E9
    Time and Tides
    Aired · Sun, Nov 1, 1992 · 30m
  • E10
    Sisters Are Doing It
    Aired · Sun, Nov 8, 1992 · 30m
  • E11
    The Front
    Aired · Sun, Nov 15, 1992 · 30m
  • E12
    Okey-Cokey-Karaoke
    Aired · Sun, Nov 22, 1992 · 30m
  • E13
    Loyalty
    Aired · Sun, Nov 29, 1992 · 30m
  • E14
    The Chigwell Connection
    Aired · Fri, Dec 25, 1992 · 30m
Season 5
14 episodes · 14 aired
▾
  • E1
    High Fidelity
    Aired · Sun, Sep 5, 1993 · 30m
  • E2
    Bang
    Aired · Sun, Sep 12, 1993 · 30m
  • E3
    Non-Starter
    Aired · Sun, Sep 19, 1993 · 30m
  • E4
    Absent Friends
    Aired · Sun, Sep 26, 1993 · 30m
  • E5
    Suspicious Minds
    Aired · Sun, Oct 3, 1993 · 30m
  • E6
    Dead Loss
    Aired · Sun, Oct 10, 1993 · 30m
  • E7
    A Brush with the Law
    Aired · Sun, Oct 17, 1993 · 30m
  • E8
    Mind Over Matter
    Aired · Sun, Oct 24, 1993 · 30m
  • E9
    East Side Story
    Aired · Sun, Oct 31, 1993 · 30m
  • E10
    Find the Lady
    Aired · Sun, Nov 7, 1993 · 30m
  • E11
    An Inspector Stays
    Aired · Sun, Nov 14, 1993 · 30m
  • E12
    All Gone Pear Shaped
    Aired · Sun, Nov 21, 1993 · 30m
  • E13
    A Beautiful Game
    Aired · Sun, Nov 28, 1993 · 30m
  • E14
    It Happened in Hollywood
    Aired · Sat, Dec 25, 1993 · 30m
Season 6
15 episodes · 15 aired
▾
  • E1
    Not in My Backyard
    Aired · Sun, Sep 18, 1994 · 30m
  • E2
    Mrs Robinson
    Aired · Sun, Sep 25, 1994 · 30m
  • E3
    First Time Caller
    Aired · Sun, Oct 2, 1994 · 30m
  • E4
    Compulsion
    Aired · Sun, Oct 9, 1994 · 30m
  • E5
    All Day and All of the Night
    Aired · Sun, Oct 16, 1994 · 30m
  • E6
    Appreciation Society
    Aired · Sun, Oct 23, 1994 · 30m
  • E7
    Moving
    Aired · Sun, Oct 30, 1994 · 30m
  • E8
    Out
    Aired · Sun, Nov 6, 1994 · 30m
  • E9
    In at the Deep End
    Aired · Sun, Nov 13, 1994 · 30m
  • E10
    Business is Business
    Aired · Sun, Nov 20, 1994 · 30m
  • E11
    Puppy Love
    Aired · Sun, Nov 27, 1994 · 30m
  • E12
    Still Waters Run Deep
    Aired · Sun, Dec 4, 1994 · 30m
  • E13
    On the Glass
    Aired · Sun, Dec 11, 1994 · 30m
  • E14
    Christmas in Dreamland
    Aired · Sat, Dec 24, 1994 · 30m
  • E15
    The Chigwell Years
    Aired · Sun, Mar 3, 1996 · 30m
Season 7
11 episodes · 11 aired
▾
  • E1
    Stand by Your Man
    Aired · Wed, Mar 26, 1997 · 30m
  • E2
    Nearest and Dearest
    Aired · Mon, Jun 2, 1997 · 30m
  • E3
    Cheers
    Aired · Mon, Jun 9, 1997 · 30m
  • E4
    Relative Strangers
    Aired · Mon, Jun 16, 1997 · 30m
  • E5
    Porridge
    Aired · Mon, Jun 23, 1997 · 30m
  • E6
    Rising Damp
    Aired · Mon, Jun 30, 1997 · 30m
  • E7
    Three Up, Two Down
    Aired · Mon, Jul 7, 1997 · 30m
  • E8
    Are You Being Served?
    Aired · Mon, Jul 14, 1997 · 30m
  • E9
    Never the Twain
    Aired · Mon, Jul 21, 1997 · 30m
  • E10
    Three's Company
    Aired · Mon, Jul 28, 1997 · 30m
  • E11
    Reservoir Birds
    Aired · Sat, Dec 27, 1997 · 30m
Season 8
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Trouble and Strife
    Aired · Mon, Jan 5, 1998 · 30m
  • E2
    The Essex Patient
    Aired · Mon, Jan 12, 1998 · 30m
  • E3
    Maids of Ongar
    Aired · Mon, Jan 19, 1998 · 30m
  • E4
    Baggage
    Aired · Mon, Jan 26, 1998 · 30m
  • E5
    Can't Judge a Book
    Aired · Mon, Feb 2, 1998 · 30m
  • E6
    Money
    Aired · Mon, Feb 9, 1998 · 30m
Season 9
6 episodes · 6 aired
▾
  • E1
    Ghost
    Aired · Mon, Nov 16, 1998 · 30m
  • E2
    Mummies and Daddies
    Aired · Mon, Nov 23, 1998 · 30m
  • E3
    Sunday
    Aired · Mon, Nov 30, 1998 · 30m
  • E4
    Model
    Aired · Mon, Dec 7, 1998 · 30m
  • E5
    Nuptials
    Aired · Mon, Dec 14, 1998 · 30m
  • E6
    Holy Ground
    Aired · Thu, Dec 24, 1998 · 30m
Season 10
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    Gimme Shelter
    Aired · Thu, Jan 2, 2014 · 30m
  • E2
    Slave
    Aired · Thu, Jan 9, 2014 · 30m
  • E3
    Hot Stuff
    Aired · Thu, Jan 16, 2014 · 30m
  • E4
    Hearts for Sale
    Aired · Thu, Jan 23, 2014 · 30m
  • E5
    Tattoo You
    Aired · Thu, Jan 30, 2014 · 30m
  • E6
    Blinded by Love
    Aired · Thu, Feb 6, 2014 · 30m
  • E7
    Back to Zero
    Aired · Thu, Feb 13, 2014 · 30m
  • E8
    You Can't Always Get What You Want
    Aired · Thu, Mar 6, 2014 · 30m
Season 11
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    Bird on a Pane
    Aired · Fri, Dec 26, 2014 · 30m
  • E2
    There's Something About Sharon
    Aired · Fri, Jan 2, 2015 · 30m
  • E3
    Guess Who's Coming to Essex?
    Aired · Thu, Jan 8, 2015 · 30m
  • E4
    The Girls with the Pearl Buttons
    Aired · Thu, Jan 15, 2015 · 30m
  • E5
    Tracey's Choice
    Aired · Thu, Jan 22, 2015 · 30m
  • E6
    The Chief, the Cook, His Mum and Her Lodger
    Aired · Thu, Jan 29, 2015 · 30m
  • E7
    Without a Trace
    Aired · Thu, Feb 5, 2015 · 30m
  • E8
    Spa Wars
    Aired · Thu, Feb 12, 2015 · 30m
Season 12
8 episodes · 8 aired
▾
  • E1
    Knocking on Heaven's Door
    Aired · Thu, Jan 7, 2016 · 30m

    Tracey has to decide what sort of send-off to give her ex-husband when he dies. She has to contend with everyone else's opinion though as Sharon wants it to be all about the boys, Dorien has sorted out her outfit already and the criminal fraternity of Chigwell also want to make their mark.

  • E2
    Too Much of Nothing
    Aired · Thu, Jan 14, 2016 · 30m

    Tracey's house ends up burgled during Darryl's funeral. The family decide that they are the ones who have to track down the missing possessions and set out on a trail which involves the Theydon Boys drag club, a snooker club and a pawnbroker.

  • E3
    Tombstone Blues
    Aired · Thu, Jan 21, 2016 · 30m

    Sharon is disapproving of Tracey dating Barry. The sisters end up quareling as Tracey hasn't taken Garth's feelings into account either. Dorien hopes to solve the dispute, as she has started a new job, agony aunt for Get-a-Life magazine.

  • E4
    Going, Going, Gone
    Aired · Thu, Jan 28, 2016 · 30m

    Tracey is annoyed with both Dorien and Sharon. She decides she has had enough of Dorien entertaining gentlemen callers and Sharon not bringing in a wage, so both of them are thrown out. The pair end up back at Sharon's old bedsit and realise that if they present a united front and stand up to Tracey they may get let back in, but will their truce last long enough to do so?

  • E5
    Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You
    Aired · Thu, Feb 4, 2016 · 30m

    Auntie Vera has a multitude of problems and so tells Sharon and Tracey that she is moving in. However with the one spare room currently housing Dorien, she is told family has to come first.

  • E6
    Abandoned Love
    Aired · Thu, Feb 11, 2016 · 30m

    Tracey is most welcoming when an attractive visitor named Emma turns up at her front door. Dorien is shocked, whilst Travis is over the moon.

  • E7
    Blonde on Blonde
    Aired · Thu, Feb 18, 2016 · 30m

    Travis has news about school that he's worried to break to his mum. Sharon thinks that she can easily pass herself off as Tracey and solve all Travis' problems, but her efforts lead the family into a mess that only Dorien can get them out of.

  • E8
    Forever Young
    Aired · Thu, Feb 25, 2016 · 30m

    Sharon and Tracey believe that Dorien may soon be turning 70 years old, and whether she likes it or not they are determined to celebrate.