Birds Of A Feather (1989)
- TV sitcom
- ITV1 / BBC One
- 1989 - 2020
- 128 episodes (12 series)
Sitcom about mismatched sisters Tracey and Sharon, and their glamorous friend, Dorien. Stars Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Charlie Quirke, Samuel James and more.
- Series 3, Episode 10 repeated Sunday at 7am on U&Drama
Streaming rank this week: 797
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1989 - 2020
- Channels
- ITV, ITV1, ITV, BBC 1
- Episodes
- 128 (12 series), plus 1 highlights special
- 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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Additional details
- Also known as
-
- BOAF (Acronym)
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 16th October 1989 at 8:30pm on BBC One
- Next repeats
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- Series 3, Episode 10: Sunday at 7am on U&Drama
- Series 4, Episode 2: Wednesday at 3:20am on U&Drama
- Series 4, Episode 12: Sunday 1st December at 7:05am on U&Drama
- Series 4, Episode 12: Monday 2nd December at 3:30am on U&Drama
- Series 7, Episode 4: Tuesday 3rd December at 3:25am on U&Drama
- Series 3, Episode 11: Wednesday 4th December at 12:55am on U&Drama
- Series 6, Episode 1: Thursday 5th December at 3:30am on U&Drama
- Series 6, Episode 2: Friday 6th December at 3:30am on U&Drama
- Series 4, Episode 2: Saturday 7th December at 1:45am on U&Drama
- Most recent repeats
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- Wednesday 20th November 2024 at 3:15am on U&Drama - Series 7, Episode 1
- Tuesday 19th November 2024 at 2:55am on U&Drama - Series 6, Christmas Special
- Sunday 17th November 2024 at 7:00am on U&Drama - Series 3, Episode 9
Recording details
- The Prince Charles Cinema (London) - Christmas special 2016 and 2017 screenings.
- BBC Elstree Centre and Teddington Studios - Original BBC series.
- The London Studios - Series 10. Location filming from Wednesday 18th September 2013.
- Pinewood Studios - Series 11 & 12.
- BBC Elstree Centre - 2020 Christmas special