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.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | Nicked | 1989-10-16 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | Just Visiting | 1989-10-23 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | Shift! | 1989-10-30 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Women's Troubles | 1989-11-06 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Cheat! | 1989-11-13 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Substitute | 1989-11-20 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Sailing | 1989-12-26 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Getting a Grip | 1990-09-06 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Sweet Smell of Success | 1990-09-13 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | Young Guns | 1990-09-20 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Muesli | 1990-09-27 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Keep Off the Grass | 1990-10-04 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Mice | 1990-10-11 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | Brief Encounter | 1990-10-18 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | You Pays Yer Money | 1990-10-25 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | Trust | 1990-11-01 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | Thirty Something | 1990-11-08 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | Love on the Run | 1990-11-15 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | Old Friends | 1990-11-22 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | Parting | 1990-11-29 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 14 | Jobs for the Girls | 1990-12-06 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 15 | Someone Else's Baby | 1990-12-13 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 16 | Falling in Love Again | 1990-12-25 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 1 | Keeping Up Appearances | 1991-08-31 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 2 | Tinker, Tailor | 1991-09-07 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 3 | Baby Come Back | 1991-09-14 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 4 | Just Family | 1991-09-21 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 5 | Confidence | 1991-09-28 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 6 | The Lost Weekend | 1991-10-05 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 7 | History | 1991-10-12 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 8 | Poetic Justice | 1991-10-19 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 9 | Flavour of the Month | 1991-10-26 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 10 | Cuckoo | 1991-11-02 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 11 | Schooling | 1991-11-09 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 12 | Business | 1991-11-16 | 30 min |
Season 3 | Episode 13 | We'll Always Have Majorca | 1991-12-25 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 1 | Breadwinner | 1992-09-06 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 2 | Food for Thought | 1992-09-13 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 3 | Commitments | 1992-09-20 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 4 | Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape | 1992-09-27 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 5 | Caring | 1992-10-04 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 6 | Nine and a Half Days | 1992-10-11 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 7 | Belongings | 1992-10-18 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 8 | Hungry for Love | 1992-10-25 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 9 | Time and Tides | 1992-11-01 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 10 | Sisters Are Doing It | 1992-11-08 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 11 | The Front | 1992-11-15 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 12 | Okey-Cokey-Karaoke | 1992-11-22 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 13 | Loyalty | 1992-11-29 | 30 min |
Season 4 | Episode 14 | The Chigwell Connection | 1992-12-25 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 1 | High Fidelity | 1993-09-05 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 2 | Bang | 1993-09-12 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 3 | Non-Starter | 1993-09-19 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 4 | Absent Friends | 1993-09-26 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 5 | Suspicious Minds | 1993-10-03 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 6 | Dead Loss | 1993-10-10 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 7 | A Brush with the Law | 1993-10-17 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 8 | Mind Over Matter | 1993-10-24 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 9 | East Side Story | 1993-10-31 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 10 | Find the Lady | 1993-11-07 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 11 | An Inspector Stays | 1993-11-14 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 12 | All Gone Pear Shaped | 1993-11-21 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 13 | A Beautiful Game | 1993-11-28 | 30 min |
Season 5 | Episode 14 | It Happened in Hollywood | 1993-12-25 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 1 | Not in My Backyard | 1994-09-18 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 2 | Mrs Robinson | 1994-09-25 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 3 | First Time Caller | 1994-10-02 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 4 | Compulsion | 1994-10-09 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 5 | All Day and All of the Night | 1994-10-16 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 6 | Appreciation Society | 1994-10-23 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 7 | Moving | 1994-10-30 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 8 | Out | 1994-11-06 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 9 | In at the Deep End | 1994-11-13 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 10 | Business is Business | 1994-11-20 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 11 | Puppy Love | 1994-11-27 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 12 | Still Waters Run Deep | 1994-12-04 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 13 | On the Glass | 1994-12-11 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 14 | Christmas in Dreamland | 1994-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 6 | Episode 15 | The Chigwell Years | 1996-03-03 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 1 | Stand by Your Man | 1997-03-26 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 2 | Nearest and Dearest | 1997-06-02 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 3 | Cheers | 1997-06-09 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 4 | Relative Strangers | 1997-06-16 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 5 | Porridge | 1997-06-23 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 6 | Rising Damp | 1997-06-30 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 7 | Three Up, Two Down | 1997-07-07 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 8 | Are You Being Served? | 1997-07-14 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 9 | Never the Twain | 1997-07-21 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 10 | Three's Company | 1997-07-28 | 30 min |
Season 7 | Episode 11 | Reservoir Birds | 1997-12-27 | 30 min |
Season 8 | Episode 1 | Trouble and Strife | 1998-01-05 | 30 min |
Season 8 | Episode 2 | The Essex Patient | 1998-01-12 | 30 min |
Season 8 | Episode 3 | Maids of Ongar | 1998-01-19 | 30 min |
Season 8 | Episode 4 | Baggage | 1998-01-26 | 30 min |
Season 8 | Episode 5 | Can't Judge a Book | 1998-02-02 | 30 min |
Season 8 | Episode 6 | Money | 1998-02-09 | 30 min |
Season 9 | Episode 1 | Ghost | 1998-11-16 | 30 min |
Season 9 | Episode 2 | Mummies and Daddies | 1998-11-23 | 30 min |
Season 9 | Episode 3 | Sunday | 1998-11-30 | 30 min |
Season 9 | Episode 4 | Model | 1998-12-07 | 30 min |
Season 9 | Episode 5 | Nuptials | 1998-12-14 | 30 min |
Season 9 | Episode 6 | Holy Ground | 1998-12-24 | 30 min |
Season 10 | Episode 1 | Gimme Shelter | 2014-01-02 | 30 min |
Season 10 | Episode 2 | Slave | 2014-01-09 | 30 min |
Season 10 | Episode 3 | Hot Stuff | 2014-01-16 | 30 min |
Season 10 | Episode 4 | Hearts for Sale | 2014-01-23 | 30 min |
Season 10 | Episode 5 | Tattoo You | 2014-01-30 | 30 min |
Season 10 | Episode 6 | Blinded by Love | 2014-02-06 | 30 min |
Season 10 | Episode 7 | Back to Zero | 2014-02-13 | 30 min |
Season 10 | Episode 8 | You Can't Always Get What You Want | 2014-03-06 | 30 min |
Season 11 | Episode 1 | Bird on a Pane | 2014-12-26 | 30 min |
Season 11 | Episode 2 | There's Something About Sharon | 2015-01-02 | 30 min |
Season 11 | Episode 3 | Guess Who's Coming to Essex? | 2015-01-08 | 30 min |
Season 11 | Episode 4 | The Girls with the Pearl Buttons | 2015-01-15 | 30 min |
Season 11 | Episode 5 | Tracey's Choice | 2015-01-22 | 30 min |
Season 11 | Episode 6 | The Chief, the Cook, His Mum and Her Lodger | 2015-01-29 | 30 min |
Season 11 | Episode 7 | Without a Trace | 2015-02-05 | 30 min |
Season 11 | Episode 8 | Spa Wars | 2015-02-12 | 30 min |
Season 12 | Episode 1 | Knocking on Heaven's Door | 2016-01-07 | 30 min |
Season 12 | Episode 2 | Too Much of Nothing | 2016-01-14 | 30 min |
Season 12 | Episode 3 | Tombstone Blues | 2016-01-21 | 30 min |
Season 12 | Episode 4 | Going, Going, Gone | 2016-01-28 | 30 min |
Season 12 | Episode 5 | Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You | 2016-02-04 | 30 min |
Season 12 | Episode 6 | Abandoned Love | 2016-02-11 | 30 min |
Season 12 | Episode 7 | Blonde on Blonde | 2016-02-18 | 30 min |
Season 12 | Episode 8 | Forever Young | 2016-02-25 | 30 min |