Birds of a Feather

·1989 ·12 Seasons ·Comedy ·Drama

Birds of a Feather, a beloved British sitcom, entertained audiences on BBC One from 1989 to 1998 and later on ITV in 2013. Created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, it features the comedic talents of Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, and Lesley Joseph. The story kicks off when sisters Tracey Stubbs and Sharon Theodopolopodos unite after their husbands are imprisoned for armed robbery. Sharon relocates from her council flat in Edmonton to Tracey's affluent home in Chigwell, Essex. Their charismatic neighbor, Dorien Green, a middle-aged woman with a penchant for younger men, adds to the hilarity. The show concluded its nine-year run on Christmas Eve 1998.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1 Season 1 7 ep
1
Nicked
Nicked
1989-10-16
2
Just Visiting
Just Visiting
1989-10-23
3
Shift!
Shift!
1989-10-30
4
Women's Troubles
Women's Troubles
1989-11-06
5
Cheat!
Cheat!
1989-11-13
6
Substitute
Substitute
1989-11-20
7
Sailing
Sailing
1989-12-26
1
Getting a Grip
Getting a Grip
1990-09-06
2
Sweet Smell of Success
Sweet Smell of Success
1990-09-13
3
Young Guns
Young Guns
1990-09-20
4
Muesli
Muesli
1990-09-27
5
Keep Off the Grass
Keep Off the Grass
1990-10-04
6
Mice
Mice
1990-10-11
7
Brief Encounter
Brief Encounter
1990-10-18
8
You Pays Yer Money
You Pays Yer Money
1990-10-25
9
Trust
Trust
1990-11-01
10
Thirty Something
Thirty Something
1990-11-08
11
Love on the Run
Love on the Run
1990-11-15
12
Old Friends
Old Friends
1990-11-22
13
Parting
Parting
1990-11-29
14
Jobs for the Girls
Jobs for the Girls
1990-12-06
15
Someone Else's Baby
Someone Else's Baby
1990-12-13
16
Falling in Love Again
1990-12-25
1
Keeping Up Appearances
Keeping Up Appearances
1991-08-31
2
Tinker, Tailor
Tinker, Tailor
1991-09-07
3
Baby Come Back
Baby Come Back
1991-09-14
4
Just Family
Just Family
1991-09-21
5
Confidence
Confidence
1991-09-28
6
The Lost Weekend
The Lost Weekend
1991-10-05
7
History
History
1991-10-12
8
Poetic Justice
Poetic Justice
1991-10-19
9
Favour of the Month
Favour of the Month
1991-10-26
10
Cuckoo
Cuckoo
1991-11-02
11
Schooling
Schooling
1991-11-09
12
Business
Business
1991-11-16
13
We'll Always Have Majorca
We'll Always Have Majorca
1991-12-25
1
Breadwinner
Breadwinner
1992-09-13
2
Food for Thought
Food for Thought
1992-09-20
3
Commitments
Commitments
1992-09-27
4
Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape
Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape
1992-10-04
5
Caring
Caring
1992-10-11
6
Nine and a Half Days
Nine and a Half Days
1992-10-11
7
Belongings
Belongings
1992-10-25
8
Hungry for Love
Hungry for Love
1992-11-01
9
Time and Tides
Time and Tides
1992-11-08
10
Sisters Are Doing It...
Sisters Are Doing It...
1992-11-15
11
The Front
The Front
1992-11-22
12
Okey-Cokey-Karaoke
Okey-Cokey-Karaoke
1992-11-29
13
Loyalty
1992-11-29
14
The Chigwell Connection
The Chigwell Connection
1992-12-25
1
High Fidelity
High Fidelity
1993-09-05
2
Bang
Bang
1993-09-12
3
Non-Starter
Non-Starter
1993-09-19
4
Absent Friends
Absent Friends
1993-09-26
5
Suspicious Minds
Suspicious Minds
1993-10-03
6
Dead Loss
Dead Loss
1993-10-10
7
A Brush with the Law
A Brush with the Law
1993-10-17
8
Mind Over Matter
Mind Over Matter
1993-10-24
9
East Side Story
East Side Story
1993-10-31
10
Find the Lady
Find the Lady
1993-11-07
11
An Inspector Stays
An Inspector Stays
1993-11-14
12
All Gone Pear Shaped
All Gone Pear Shaped
1993-11-21
13
A Beautiful Game
A Beautiful Game
1993-11-28
14
It Happened in Hollywood
It Happened in Hollywood
1993-12-25
1
Not in My Backyard
1994-09-18
2
Mrs Robinson
Mrs Robinson
1993-09-25
3
First Time Caller
First Time Caller
1994-10-02
4
Compulsion
Compulsion
1994-10-09
5
All Day and All of the Night
All Day and All of the Night
1994-10-16
6
Appreciation Society
Appreciation Society
1994-10-23
7
Moving
Moving
1994-10-30
8
Out
Out
1994-11-06
9
In at the Deep End
In at the Deep End
1994-11-13
10
Buisness is Buisness
Buisness is Buisness
1994-11-20
11
Puppy Love
Puppy Love
1994-11-27
12
Still Waters Run Deep
Still Waters Run Deep
1994-12-04
13
On the Glass
On the Glass
1994-12-11
14
Christmas in Dreamland
Christmas in Dreamland
1994-12-24
15
The Chigwell Years
The Chigwell Years
1994-12-18
1
Stand by Your Man
Stand by Your Man
1997-03-26
2
Nearest and Dearest
Nearest and Dearest
1997-06-02
3
Cheers
Cheers
1997-06-09
4
Relative Strangers
Relative Strangers
1997-06-16
5
Porridge
Porridge
1997-06-23
6
Rising Damp
Rising Damp
1997-06-30
7
Three Up, Two Down
Three Up, Two Down
1997-07-07
8
Are You Being Served?
Are You Being Served?
1997-07-14
9
Never the Twain
Never the Twain
1997-07-21
10
Three's Company
Three's Company
1997-07-28
11
Reservoir Birds
Reservoir Birds
1997-12-27
1
Trouble and Strife
Trouble and Strife
1998-01-05
2
The Essex Patient
The Essex Patient
1998-01-12
3
Maids of Ongar
Maids of Ongar
1998-01-19
4
Baggage
Baggage
1998-01-26
5
Can't Judge a Book
Can't Judge a Book
1998-02-02
6
Money
Money
1998-02-09
1
Ghost
Ghost
1998-11-16
2
Mummies and Daddies
Mummies and Daddies
1998-11-23
3
Sunday
Sunday
1998-11-30
4
Model
Model
1998-12-07
5
Nuptials
Nuptials
1998-12-14
6
Holy Ground
Holy Ground
1998-12-24
1
Gimme Shelter
2014-01-02
2
Slave
2014-01-09
3
Hot Stuff
2014-01-16
4
Hearts for Sale
2014-01-23
5
Tattoo You
2014-01-30
6
Blinded by Love
2014-02-06
7
Back to Zero
2014-02-13
8
You Can't Always Get What You Want
2014-03-06
1
Birds on a Plane
Birds on a Plane
2014-12-26
2
There's Something About Sharon
There's Something About Sharon
2015-01-01
3
Guess Who's Coming to Essex?
Guess Who's Coming to Essex?
2015-01-08
4
The Girls with the Pearl Buttons
2015-01-15
5
Tracey's Choice
2015-01-22
6
The Chef, the Cook, His Mum and Her Lodger
2015-01-29
7
Without a Trace
2015-02-05
8
Spa Wars
2015-02-12
1
Knocking on Heaven's Door
2016-01-07
2
Too Much of Nothing
2016-01-14
3
Tombstone Blues
2016-01-21
4
Going, Going, Gone
2016-01-28
5
Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You
2016-02-04
6
Abandoned Love
2016-02-11
7
Blonde on Blonde
2016-02-18
8
Forever Young
2016-02-25

Actors

Pauline Quirke
Pauline Quirke
Acting
Linda Robson
Linda Robson
Acting
Lesley Joseph
Lesley Joseph
Acting
Charlie Quirke
Charlie Quirke
Acting

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