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 2, Episode 1 repeated at 7:10am on U&Drama
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 setting
- 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
-
- Series 2, Episode 1: Today at 7:10am on U&Drama
- Series 5, Episode 11: Tomorrow at 3:10am on U&Drama
- Series 5, Episode 12: Tomorrow at 6pm on U&Drama
- Series 2, Episode 1: Tuesday at 2:50am on U&Drama
- Series 5, Episode 13: Tuesday at 6pm on U&Drama
- Series 2, Episode 2: Wednesday at 2:50am on U&Drama
- Series 6, Episode 1: Wednesday at 6pm on U&Drama
- Series 2, Episode 4: Thursday at 2:30am on U&Drama
- Series 6, Episode 2: Thursday at 6pm on U&Drama
- Most recent repeats
-
- Saturday 14th June 2025 at 7:45am on U&Drama - Series 2, Episode 12
- Saturday 14th June 2025 at 7:10am on U&Drama - Series 2, Episode 11
- Friday 13th June 2025 at 6:00pm on U&Drama - Series 5, Episode 11
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