• Air date: 18 Sep '94 15 episodes
      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. On 3 March 2009, the The Mirror reported that the classic sitcom was set for a return reporting that Lesley Joseph, Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson have all been asked by the team behind the sitcom to make another...
  • List of Episodes (15)
    • 0. The Chigwell Years

      18 Dec '94
      After over-indulging, Sharon nods off and dreams of a different life...
    • 1. Not in my Backyard

      18 Sep '94
      Someone famous is moving to Chigwell. She's guarded by heavies, and her children are called Harry and William. It's no wonder Tracey, Sharon, and Dorien draw the obvious conclusions.
    • 2. Mrs Robinson

      25 Sep '93
      Garth is dating an older divorcee, while Chris has turned his hand to creative writing.
    • 3. First Time Caller

      02 Oct '94
      Tracey ponders her contribution to society; a radio phone-in offers one answer.
    • 4. Compulsion

      09 Oct '94
      Dorien's spending sprees are ever-more lavish - but why?
    • 5. All Day and All of the Night

      16 Oct '94
      Chris's cousin seems intent on turning the café into a drinking den.
    • 6. Appreciation Society

      23 Oct '94
      After a heated argument, Sharon and Tracey agree to change places for a week.
    • 7. Moving

      30 Oct '94
      Tracey considers a move to the country, as Garth settles into the flat above the café.
    • 8. Out

      06 Nov '94
      Sharon is furious: Chris has applied for home leave!
    • 9. In at the Deep End

      13 Nov '94
      Sharon thinks installing a swimming pool will be easy, since she has a café full of builders.
    • 10. Buisness is Buisness

      20 Nov '94
      Sharon struggles to run the café alongside the pool business.
    • 11. Puppy Love

      27 Nov '94
      There are surprises all around when Dorien and the sisters trace their first loves.
    • 12. Still Waters Run Deep

      04 Dec '94
      Prospective client Monty Kray wants a pool installing - within days.
    • 13. On The Glass

      11 Dec '94
      Sharon's order book is empty, and Dorien has had her credit card limit slashed.
    • 14. Christmas in Dreamland

      24 Dec '94
      As Tracey prepares to write her autobiography the girls look back on their previous lives, the events that led them to be living together and the various misadventures that they have had over the past six years, using clips from previous shows throughout the series.