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 5, Episode 7 repeated Sunday at 7am on Drama
- Streaming rank this week: 3,268
Episode menu
Series 2, Episode 11 - Love On The Run
Further details
Sharon sneezes on Tracey's lunch, so she will give it to her.
Tracey visits the prison to be greeted by the prison welfare officer, who is surprised to see her. Darryl is in hospital with a burst appendix. Nobody had written or called her to tell her.
The greedy prison officer at the hospital eats most of Darryl's food to test it for drugs, the nurse, Joy, who is friendly with Darryl puts sleeping drugs in it so that Darryl and Tracey can escape for the night.
A man offers to paint a picture of Dalentrace for Sharon, she invites him inside and duly flirts with him, telling him that her husband is dead.
Tracey fakes a phone call about Garth being ill so Sharon won't suspect while she is with Darryl.
Joy brings a birthday cake laced with drugs, the prison officer eats it and falls fast asleep, leaving him free to escape with Tracey.
Sharon spends the evening with Martin the painter.
Darryl is disappointed when he doesn't perform to expectations, but Tracey is just happy to be spending time with her husband. Darryl sets his mind on escaping for good, but Tracey convinces him otherwise.
On the way back to the hospital the taxi is pulled over for speeding, the driver has been drinking behind the wheel. Luckily the don't recognise Darryl. Without a lift they call Sharon, who in turn gets Dorien to pick them up.
They find them behind a bush.
Darryl's stitches burst, the same police as before arrive and give him a lift to hospital. As they arrive back the officer wakes back up to find him gone from bed. As he is wheeled back they accuse him of falling asleep on the job when Darryl needed help.
Arriving home Tracey is greeted by Martin in nothing but a towel.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 15th November 1990
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Thursday 18th July 2013 | 2:40pm | Drama |
Thursday 18th July 2013 | 7:40pm | Drama |
Monday 29th July 2013 | 10:00am | Drama |
Saturday 10th August 2013 | 8:00am | Drama |
Wednesday 25th September 2013 | 11:35pm | Drama |
Thursday 26th September 2013 | 1:50pm | Drama |
Thursday 26th September 2013 | 7:40pm | Drama |
Saturday 2nd November 2013 | 5:00pm | Drama |
Sunday 3rd November 2013 | 1:20am | Drama |
Sunday 3rd November 2013 | 12:50pm | Drama |
Tuesday 17th December 2013 | 1:50pm | Drama |
Tuesday 17th December 2013 | 7:00pm | Drama |
Wednesday 18th December 2013 | 1:20am | Drama |
Wednesday 18th December 2013 | 4:25am | Drama |
Tuesday 22nd April 2014 | 2:00pm | Drama |
Friday 29th August 2014 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Tuesday 20th January 2015 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Tuesday 20th January 2015 | 11:20pm | Drama |
Wednesday 3rd June 2015 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Thursday 4th June 2015 | 12:20am | Drama |
Monday 12th October 2015 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Monday 12th October 2015 | 11:20pm | Drama |
Friday 29th January 2016 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Saturday 30th January 2016 | 1:00am | Drama |
Tuesday 1st March 2016 | 6:00pm | Drama |
Tuesday 1st March 2016 | 11:20pm | Drama |
Tuesday 7th June 2016 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Monday 17th October 2016 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Tuesday 18th October 2016 | 3:25am | Drama |
Wednesday 22nd February 2017 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Friday 7th July 2017 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Saturday 8th July 2017 | 1:10am | Drama |
Saturday 8th July 2017 | 7:00am | Drama |
Thursday 16th November 2017 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Thursday 16th November 2017 | 11:20pm | Drama |
Saturday 9th December 2017 | 9:00am | Drama |
Sunday 10th December 2017 | 3:10am | Drama |
Thursday 5th April 2018 | 11:20pm | Drama |
Thursday 24th January 2019 | 5:20pm | Drama |
Friday 25th January 2019 | 3:10am | Drama |
Monday 10th June 2019 | 5:20pm | Drama |
Wednesday 20th May 2020 | 5:20pm | Drama |
Thursday 12th November 2020 | 7:15am | Drama |
Tuesday 20th April 2021 | 7:10am | Drama |
Wednesday 21st April 2021 | 3:15am | Drama |
Tuesday 29th June 2021 | 5:20pm | Drama |
Saturday 16th October 2021 | 9:40am | Drama |
Monday 6th June 2022 | 5:20pm | Drama |
Tuesday 11th April 2023 | 7:25am | Drama |
Thursday 22nd June 2023 | 3:30am | Drama |
Cast & crew
Pauline Quirke | Sharon Theodopolopodous |
Linda Robson | Tracey Stubbs |
Lesley Joseph | Dorien Green |
Alun Lewis | Darryl Stubbs |
Carol MacReady | Mrs. Simmons |
Lloyd McGuire | Policeman |
Jo Martin | Joy |
Ronan Vibert | Martin |
James Warrior | Minicab Driver |
Neil McCaul | Patrolman |
Laurence Marks | Writer |
Maurice Gran | Writer |
Charlie Hanson | Director |
Nic Phillips | Series Producer |
Allan McKeown | Executive Producer |
Michael Pilsworth | Executive Producer |
Phil Moss | Editor |
Kenneth Sharp (as Ken Sharp) | Production Designer |
John Hubbard | Casting Director |
Susie Parriss | Casting Director |
Alison Munro | Costume Designer |
Bill Lee | Lighting Designer |
David Snell | Composer |
David MacDonald | 1st Assistant Director |
Steve Hellaby | Dubbing Editor |