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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 4, Episode 12 repeated Thursday at 2am on U&Drama
Streaming rank this week: 770
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 6 - Substitute
Further details
Sharon tries to educate herself by reading more books. She's also avoiding visiting Chris and is considering a divorce.
Dorien has a hunky celebrity, Patsy Edwards, staying with her who catches Tracey's eye, much to Sharon's amusement.
In order to avoid Dorien's advances Pat goes out for the evening with Sharon and Tracey. The next morning Tracey reveals to Sharon that they talked for hours. Nothing happened between them, but they arrange dinner for the next night.
When Tracey finds a letter from Darryl to another woman, she assumes the worst and uses Sharon's visiting order to ask Chris if he knows anything.
Tracey decides that if Darryl has moved on then she should definitely go on a date with Pat. Tracey can't bring herself to do anything. Darryl sends another letter asking to see Tracey, he explains that he had written the original letter for a fellow inmate who is illiterate and the letters were switched by the prison guards.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Monday 20th November 1989
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
Pauline Quirke | Sharon Theodopolopodous |
Linda Robson | Tracey Stubbs |
Lesley Joseph | Dorien Green |
David Cardy | Chris Theodopolopodous |
Alun Lewis | Darryl Stubbs |
Breffni McKenna | Patsy Edwards |
Alan Ford | Prison Officer |
Mark Billingham | Actor |
Ashley Gunstock | Actor |
Andy Nyman (as Andrew Nyman) | Actor |
Laurence Marks | Writer |
Maurice Gran | Writer |
Tony Dow | Director |
Esta Charkham | Producer |
Allan McKeown | Executive Producer |
John Jarvis | Editor |
Chris Wadsworth | Editor |
John Bristow | Production Designer |
Beth Charkham | Casting Director |
Lisa Benjamin | Costume Designer |
Diana Roberts | Make-up Designer |
Ron Bristow | Lighting Designer |
David Snell | Composer |