Birds Of A Feather. Image shows from L to R: Sharon Theodopolopodous (Pauline Quirke), Dorien Green (Lesley Joseph), Tracey Stubbs (Linda Robson). Copyright: Alomo Productions / Retort
Birds Of A Feather

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.

Episode menu

Series 1, Episode 6 - Substitute

Sharon is refusing to see Chris and considers divorce. Tracey is smitten with Dorien's hunky celebrity lodger and is furious when she receives a letter written by Darryl to another woman, though it isn't as it seems.

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

Repeats

  1. Thursday 25th April 2024 at 5:20pm on Drama

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Wednesday 10th July 2013 3:20pm Drama
Wednesday 10th July 2013 8:20pm Drama
Wednesday 10th July 2013 11:35pm Drama
Friday 12th July 2013 10:00am Drama
Wednesday 18th September 2013 1:10am Drama
Wednesday 18th September 2013 2:30pm Drama
Wednesday 18th September 2013 8:20pm Drama
Saturday 5th October 2013 2:50pm Drama
Saturday 5th October 2013 7:05pm Drama
Sunday 6th October 2013 4:30am Drama
Sunday 6th October 2013 2:00pm Drama
Monday 2nd December 2013 1:50pm Drama
Monday 2nd December 2013 7:00pm Drama
Thursday 3rd April 2014 2:00am Drama
Thursday 3rd April 2014 2:40pm Drama
Thursday 3rd April 2014 7:00pm Drama
Friday 4th April 2014 2:00pm Drama
Tuesday 19th August 2014 2:20pm Drama
Tuesday 6th January 2015 2:20pm Drama
Tuesday 6th January 2015 6:00pm Drama
Tuesday 6th January 2015 11:20pm Drama
Tuesday 19th May 2015 2:20pm Drama
Tuesday 19th May 2015 11:20pm Drama
Tuesday 26th May 2015 1:20am Drama
Monday 28th September 2015 2:20pm Drama
Monday 28th September 2015 11:00pm Drama
Friday 22nd January 2016 1:40pm Drama
Friday 22nd January 2016 11:20pm Drama
Monday 15th February 2016 6:00pm Drama
Monday 15th February 2016 11:20pm Drama
Friday 20th May 2016 2:20pm Drama
Friday 30th September 2016 2:20pm Drama
Tuesday 7th February 2017 2:20pm Drama
Thursday 22nd June 2017 2:20pm Drama
Friday 23rd June 2017 1:10am Drama
Wednesday 1st November 2017 2:20pm Drama
Wednesday 1st November 2017 11:20pm Drama
Tuesday 20th March 2018 2:20pm Drama
Tuesday 20th March 2018 11:20pm Drama
Wednesday 9th January 2019 5:20pm Drama
Thursday 23rd May 2019 5:20pm Drama
Friday 24th May 2019 2:30am Drama
Saturday 28th December 2019 7:00am Drama
Monday 4th May 2020 5:20pm Drama
Wednesday 4th November 2020 7:50am Drama
Monday 12th April 2021 7:50am Drama
Monday 14th June 2021 5:20pm Drama
Saturday 2nd October 2021 10:20am Drama
Wednesday 18th May 2022 7:00am Drama
Wednesday 18th May 2022 5:20pm Drama
Thursday 19th May 2022 3:30am Drama
Thursday 2nd June 2022 7:00am Drama
Sunday 12th February 2023 7:45am Drama
Monday 27th March 2023 7:20am Drama
Saturday 15th April 2023 8:40am Drama

Cast & crew

Cast
Pauline Quirke Sharon Theodopolopodous
Linda Robson Tracey Stubbs
Lesley Joseph Dorien Green
David Cardy Chris Theodopolopodous
Alun Lewis Darryl Stubbs
Guest cast
Breffni McKenna Patsy Edwards
Alan Ford Prison Officer
Mark Billingham Actor
Ashley Gunstock Actor
Andy Nyman (as Andrew Nyman) Actor
Writing team
Laurence Marks Writer
Maurice Gran Writer
Production team
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

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