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: 3,291
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Series 2, Episode 15 - Someone Else's Baby
Further details
Dorien brings round a piece of imperial silver to take to The Antiques Roadshow, leading them to rummage through the junk in the attic. Dorien uncovers an old box, but there's no key. Tracey is angry at them for routing. Dorien opens the box using her bracelet.
They find old love letters in the box written by their mother and an old flame, one of which mentions an orphanage. Sharon thinks she's adopted, Dorien thinks she's jumping to conclusions and tells her to ask Auntie Sylvie.
Tracey isn't pleased to find Sylvie in the house, she hates her perfume and she's barking mad, calling them by each others names. She gets annoyed that Sharon wants to ask her about her parents.
Sylvie sees Dorien's silver tea urn and tells her that she remembers them being sold on stalls in Hackney. Dorien snaps and tells her it is a genuine Russian antique.
At the Antiques Roadshow Dorien is all smiles when the expert starts examining her urn, he says it is Russian imperial silver, as he starts to estimate it's value his colleague interrupts and tells them it is in fact a copy, made during the war, just as Auntie Sylvie had said.
Back home Sharon confronts Sylvie with the letter, telling her to drop the barmy act. As Tracey gets upset, Sylvie rushes over and calls her by the correct name. She reveals that both of them were adopted and she had promised their mother on her death bed that she would not tell them. She also tells them that she faked their birth certificates when she worked at the town hall.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 13th December 1990
- Time
- 8:30pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Repeats
Show past repeats
Date | Time | Channel |
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Monday 22nd July 2013 | 2:40pm | Drama |
Monday 22nd July 2013 | 7:40pm | Drama |
Tuesday 23rd July 2013 | 2:00am | Drama |
Friday 2nd August 2013 | 10:00am | Drama |
Saturday 3rd August 2013 | 10:00am | Drama |
Saturday 28th September 2013 | 1:00am | Drama |
Monday 30th September 2013 | 1:50pm | Drama |
Monday 30th September 2013 | 6:50pm | Drama |
Sunday 10th November 2013 | 2:00am | Drama |
Sunday 10th November 2013 | 10:20am | Drama |
Sunday 10th November 2013 | 1:30pm | Drama |
Saturday 21st December 2013 | 2:00am | Drama |
Monday 28th April 2014 | 2:00pm | Drama |
Monday 28th April 2014 | 11:00pm | Drama |
Tuesday 29th April 2014 | 1:20am | Drama |
Thursday 4th September 2014 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Monday 26th January 2015 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Monday 26th January 2015 | 11:20pm | Drama |
Wednesday 10th June 2015 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Thursday 11th June 2015 | 1:30am | Drama |
Tuesday 2nd February 2016 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Wednesday 3rd February 2016 | 1:00am | Drama |
Monday 7th March 2016 | 6:00pm | Drama |
Monday 7th March 2016 | 11:20pm | Drama |
Monday 13th June 2016 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Friday 21st October 2016 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Saturday 22nd October 2016 | 3:25am | Drama |
Tuesday 28th February 2017 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Thursday 13th July 2017 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Friday 14th July 2017 | 12:40am | Drama |
Wednesday 22nd November 2017 | 2:20pm | Drama |
Wednesday 22nd November 2017 | 11:20pm | Drama |
Saturday 16th December 2017 | 9:40am | Drama |
Wednesday 11th April 2018 | 11:20pm | Drama |
Wednesday 30th January 2019 | 5:20pm | Drama |
Thursday 31st January 2019 | 3:15am | Drama |
Friday 14th June 2019 | 5:20pm | Drama |
Friday 29th May 2020 | 5:20pm | Drama |
Monday 16th November 2020 | 7:15am | Drama |
Thursday 22nd April 2021 | 7:15am | Drama |
Friday 23rd April 2021 | 3:20am | Drama |
Monday 5th July 2021 | 5:20pm | Drama |
Saturday 23rd October 2021 | 8:20am | Drama |
Wednesday 6th July 2022 | 3:25am | Drama |
Monday 17th April 2023 | 7:30am | Drama |
Cast & crew
Pauline Quirke | Sharon Theodopolopodous |
Linda Robson | Tracey Stubbs |
Lesley Joseph | Dorien Green |
Vivian Pickles | Sylvie |
Peter Bourke | First Roadshow Expert |
John Bly | Second Roadshow Expert |
Frankie Bailey | 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 |
Keith Reed | Lighting Designer |
David Snell | Composer |
David MacDonald | 1st Assistant Director |
Steve Hellaby | Dubbing Editor |