The Liver Birds
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1969 - 1996
- 86 episodes (10 series)
Sitcom exploring the lives and loves of two young, single females sharing a flat together in Liverpool. Stars Nerys Hughes, Polly James, Elizabeth Estensen, Pauline Collins, Mollie Sugden and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1969 - 1996
- Channels
- BBC One
- Episodes
- 86 (1 pilot + 10 series), plus 1 short special
- Creators
- Carla Lane and Myra Taylor
- Stars
- Nerys Hughes, Polly James, Elizabeth Estensen, Pauline Collins, Mollie Sugden, Michael Angelis, John Nettles, Eileen Kennally and more
- Writers
- Carla Lane, Myra Taylor, Lew Schwarz, John Chapman and Eric Idle
- Directors
- Sydney Lotterby and Angie De Chastelai Smith
- Producers
- Douglas Argent, Roger Race, Sydney Lotterby, Philip Kampff, Carla Lane and Geoffrey Perkins
- Companies
Existing the trendiness and glory of the post-Beatles era, Liverpool is home to any number of sassy young men and women, each playing their part in redefining a youthful life of singledom away from the parental household.
Series 1 sees Beryl, a zany, go-getting woman of the world, sharing a flat with the somewhat more subdued Dawn.
From Series 2 Sandra is Beryl's flatmate, a hopelessly naive and virtuous romantic. They pursue men for differing reasons and jobs for the same - money! But everywhere they go, chaos reigns.
However, the scatty Beryl found love first, marrying at the end of Series 4 and leaving Sandra in search of a new flatmate - the scatty Carol Boswell.
Additional details
- Part of
- Production
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
- Soundtrack
- Theme music by The Scaffold. Incidental music composed by Ronnie Hazlehurst.
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Monday 14th April 1969 at 7:30pm on BBC One
- Last new broadcast
- Monday 24th June 1996 at 8:30pm on BBC One
- Most recent repeats
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- Saturday 18th June 2016 at 7:20pm on BBC2 - Series 4, Episode 10
- Friday 9th January 2015 at 2:50am on Drama - Series 7, Episode 8
- Thursday 8th January 2015 at 1:00pm on Drama - Series 7, Episode 8
Recording details
- BBC Television Centre - Studios
- Liverpool - Locations