Birds Of A Feather - ITV1 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)

Birds Of A Feather. Image shows from L to R: Sharon Theodopolopodous (Pauline Quirke), Dorien Green (Lesley Joseph), Tracey Stubbs (Linda Robson). Copyright: Alomo Productions / Retort

Genre

Sitcom

Broadcast

1989 - 2020

Channels

ITV1, BBC One

Episodes

128 (12 series), plus 1 highlights specials

Creators

Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran

Stars

Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Charlie Quirke, Samuel James, David Cardy, Peter Polycarpou, Alun Lewis and more

Writers

Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran, Gary Lawson, John Phelps and Susan Nickson

Directors

Nic Phillips, Charlie Hanson, Terry Kinane, Tony Dow, Baz Taylor, Nick Wood, Dez McCarthy, Martin Dennis and Hugh Thomas

Producers

Nic Phillips, Candida Julian-Jones, Rosie Bunting, Charlie Hanson, Esta Charkham, Tony Charles, Jo Willett, Humphrey Barclay and more

Companies

Tracey and Sharon may be sisters, but they live very different lives. Tracey has a luxurious mansion with indoor swimming pool in leafy Essex, whilst Sharon resides in a grubby high-rise council flat in Edmonton. But when their husbands, Darryl and Chris, are convicted of armed robbery and sent to prison, the sisters are forced to live together.

They quickly become good - if not begrudging - friends with next-door-neighbour Dorien, whose hobby is cheating on her husband with much younger men. Together, Sharon and Tracey must face the dramas, tragedies, stresses and strains of keeping up with the world, without their husbands to support them.

Years later, the girls have long had done with Chris and Darryl, and financial strife forces to live together once more - now also with Dorien, not to mention Tracey's grown-up sons, Garth and Travis!

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Camera set-up

Multi-camera

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Broadcast details

First broadcast

Monday 16th October 1989 at 8:30pm on BBC One

Next repeats

  1. Series 6, Episode 12: Tomorrow at 3:10am on U&Drama
  2. Series 1, Episode 1: Saturday at 7:10am on U&Drama
  3. Series 1, Episode 2: Saturday at 7:45am on U&Drama
  4. Series 1, Episode 3: Saturday at 8:20am on U&Drama
  5. Series 1, Episode 4: Saturday at 9am on U&Drama
  6. Series 1, Episode 5: Saturday at 9:40am on U&Drama
  7. Series 1, Episode 6: Saturday at 10:20am on U&Drama
  8. Series 6, Episode 13: Sunday at 1:20am on U&Drama
  9. Series 7, Episode 1: Saturday 5th October at 2:20am on U&Drama

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