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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 (1989)

ITV and BBC One sitcom about three friends living in Essex. 128 episodes (12 series), 1989 - 2020. Stars Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Charlie Quirke and others.

Series 5, Episode 1 is repeated on Drama on Saturday 6th March at 7am.

Series 2, Episode 3 - Young Guns

When Garth brings his handsome friend home from school, Sharon annoys Tracey by suggesting they may be gay, leading to Tracey to tell Darryl before finding solid proof. Dorien has her own way of finding out if Richard is gay or not.

Further details

Garth brings home a good looking. well spoken friend from school, Richard, leading to speculation about Garth's sexuality.

They look for evidence in Garth's room, but don't find anything conclusive. Tracey gets more upset and Sharon's joking doesn't help the situation.

Before actually knowing either way, Tracey tells Darryl on her next prison visit. When he realises she hasn't even asked Garth if he is gay or not, Darryl accuses her of jumping to conclusions as usual.

Sharon gives Tracey advice on how to ask Garth if he is gay or not. When she does ask him, he says he isn't, just before Dorien arrives and says she can definitely confirm that Richard is't.

Broadcast details

Date
Thursday 20th September 1990
Time
8:30pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Cast & crew

Regular cast
Pauline Quirke Sharon Theodopolopodous
Linda Robson Tracey Stubbs
Lesley Joseph Dorien Green
Alun Lewis Darryl Stubbs
Matthew Savage Garth Stubbs
Guest cast
Jamie Glover Richard
Nadine Shenton Waitress
Writing team
Keith R. Lindsay (as Keith Lindsay) Writer
Martin Tomms Writer
Production team
Nic Phillips Director
Nic Phillips Producer
Allan McKeown Executive Producer
Michael Pilsworth Executive Producer
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