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 6, Christmas Special repeated Sunday 10th December at 3:10am on Drama
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1989 - 2020
- Channels
- ITV1, BBC One
- Episodes
- 128 (12 series), plus 1 highlights specials
- 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
- Tony Dow, Nick Wood, Dez McCarthy and Martin Dennis
- Producers
- Jo Willett, Humphrey Barclay, Jon Rolph and Steve Sheen
- 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
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- 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 6, Christmas Special: Sunday 10th December at 3:10am on Drama
- Series 4, Episode 4: Sunday 10th December at 7:05am on Drama
- Series 4, Episode 5: Monday 11th December at 3:25am on Drama
- Most recent repeats
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- Wednesday 29th November 2023 at 1:20am on Drama - Series 2, Christmas Special
- Tuesday 28th November 2023 at 1:20am on Drama - Series 9, Episode 6
- Monday 27th November 2023 at 1:40am on Drama - Series 4, Episode 1
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