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Birds of a Feather — Storyline

Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on ITV from 2013. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers.

The first episode sees sisters Tracey Stubbs and Sharon Theodopolopodos brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lived in an Edmonton council flat, moves into Tracey's expensive house in Chigwell, Essex. Their next-door neighbour, and later friend, Dorien Green is a middle-aged married woman who is constantly having affairs with younger men. In the later series the location is changed to Hainault. The series ended on Christmas Eve 1998 after a 9-year-run.

Cast & Crew

• Created by: Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran
• Starring: Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson, Lesley Joseph, Charlie Quirke

Birds of a Feather — Series Details

Birds of a Feather — Episode Guide

Series 1

• E1: Nicked (1989-10-16) — Sharon visits Tracey's luxury house, 'Dalentrace', in Chigwell and meets Dorien for the first time. Meanwhile, their husbands, Chris and Darryl, take part in an armed robbery and a
• E2: Just Visiting (1989-10-23) — While Sharon is ecstatic that her no-good husband Chris has been sent to prison, Tracey is desperately missing her beloved Darryl and is on tranquilizers. Now she faces another hur
• E3: Shift! (1989-10-30) — Sharon's day hasn't started well. She accidentally breaks a mug and spills coffee everywhere and then Tracey accuses her of not paying her way. Tracey is having problems with money
• E4: Women's Troubles (1989-11-06) — Tracey thinks she might be pregnant. However, on visiting the doctor, Sharon is horrified to discover she is pregnant by Dave, a man she has only recently met. Tracey can't stop he
• E5: Cheat! (1989-11-13) — Sharon is indignant on discovering that 'Fat Stan', to whom she's sublet the flat in Edmonton, is using the property to store goods, as well as prostitutes. Nevertheless, it does b
• E6: Substitute (1989-11-20) — Sharon is considering divorcing Chris and Dorien has football hero Patsy Edwards temporarily living in her house, who becomes very fond of Tracey. She doesn't want to be unfaithful
• E7: Sailing (1989-12-26) — Tracey receives two tickets for a "Christmas Cruise" in the post – a romantic surprise planned by Darryl before being sent to prison. He booked two tickets as he wanted it to be ju

Series 2

• E1: Getting a Grip (1990-09-06) — Tracey is shocked to receive overdue bills. There is also a letter from Garth, telling Tracey he has had a fight at school and she will have to pay for half the damage. To top it a
• E2: Sweet Smell of Success (1990-09-13) — Sharon's former neighbour, Lisa, has made a fortune selling a cheap perfume called 'Aromantique', around town. Sharon and Tracey jump on the bandwagon, as they are in desperate nee
• E3: Young Guns (1990-09-20) — Garth brings home a 17-year-old handsome school friend, Richard, for the holidays. Sharon and Tracey suspect Garth is gay and Dorien tells them she thinks Richard is also gay. When
• E4: Muesli (1990-09-27) — The release of a fellow inmate plunges Darryl into depression. The anguish rubs off on Tracey, who decides that in an attempt to understand what Darryl is going through, she will l
• E5: Keep Off the Grass (1990-10-04) — Sharon and Tracey witness a friend of their husbands', Vinny Hutchins, making a speedy getaway from a post office raid in which a pensioner has been injured. While Tracey wants to
• E6: Mice (1990-10-11) — Tracey is disgusted by the state of Sharon's bedroom and it also appears Sharon's poor levels of hygiene have spread throughout the house when Tracey discovers they have mice. Afte
• E7: Brief Encounter (1990-10-18) — Sharon goes to the aid of 53-year-old Don Sheridan who is mugged at Chigwell tube station. That evening, they accidentally meet at a bar and he says he is in Chigwell on business a
• E8: You Pays Yer Money (1990-10-25) — With an upcoming parliamentary by-election, Sharon discovers that Tracey did not register her to vote in Chigwell. However she did register Darryl, not wanting to admit he was in p
• E9: Trust (1990-11-01) — Tracey is doing her best to quit smoking and is undergoing psychotherapy, where she develops a crush on the psychotherapist, Gerald. Darryl suspects she is having an affair and for
• E10: Thirty Something (1990-11-08) — As Sharon approaches her 30th birthday, she looks back on her life and regrets her lack of education. She pays a visit to her Edmonton council flat, where she meets Lisa, whose cri
• E11: Love on the Run (1990-11-15) — Darryl is in hospital and plans to escape for one night so he can be with Tracey. With the help of a nurse, the police guard is drugged and Darryl and Tracey go to a hotel. Meanwhi
• E12: Old Friends (1990-11-22) — While out shopping, Tracey runs into Trish Taylor, her best friend from school and invites her to stay, as Trish has recently left her husband. Sharon feels left out and also worri
• E13: Parting (1990-11-29) — Chris begs Sharon to visit him, but she tells him that she plans to sell her wedding ring and forget she ever met him. Then Chris reveals that one of his testicles is expanding, bu
• E14: Jobs for the Girls (1990-12-06) — In order to make money for Christmas, Sharon becomes a dog-walker and cat-sitter and soon comes up against stiff competition from Dorien's 13-year-old friend Adrian Gold. Meanwhile
• E15: Someone Else's Baby (1990-12-13) — With the Antiques Roadshow coming to Chigwell, Sharon, Dorien and Tracey go into Tracey and Sharon's loft. Sharon discovers some letters written by her mother suggesting either she
• E16: Falling in Love Again (1990-12-25) — Chris owes two fellow prisoners £3000 and their wives threaten Sharon and Tracey. Chris has a plan to raise the money which involves Sharon going to Germany to pick up a collectabl

Series 3

• E1: Keeping Up Appearances (1991-08-31) — Chris wins the premium bond, so Sharon tries to force his signature to keep the money for herself. Meanwhile, when Tracy visits Daryl, she finds him to be unkept and unclean. Whe
• E2: Tinker, Tailor (1991-09-07) — When a man, Charles Fitzroy, knocks on the door one evening asking for some water for his car, Sharon tells him all about Dorien and her relationships, which he seems interested in
• E3: Baby Come Back (1991-09-14) — Sharon bumps into Dave, her ex-boyfriend from shortly after the boys were sent down. This brings back all the feelings she had when she had the abortion with Dave's baby. But now
• E4: Just Family (1991-09-21) — Darryl's parents, Les and Olive Stubbs, get into touch for the first time since his trial. Despite always hating them, Tracey invites them round for dinner. Dorien insists on comin
• E5: Confidence (1991-09-28) — With money tight, Sharon has taken a job, but Tracey seems reluctant to follow, despite Sharon and Dorien's encouragement. Tracey admits to having little confidence, having never b
• E6: The Lost Weekend (1991-10-05) — It's Thursday night. Dorien's date has been cancelled, and Sharon and Tracey are bored. When the VCR blows up, Dorien generously offers to pay for an activity weekend for the girls
• E7: History (1991-10-12) — Dorien suggests a car-boot sale, and the girls are keen – Sharon can get rid of some of Chris's old stuff, and Tracey will sell things that son Garth has outgrown. However, while c
• E8: Poetic Justice (1991-10-19) — Chris and Darryl are temporarily in Albany prison on the Isle of Wight. Sharon cancels her visit for Dorien so she can interview Chris about sexual deprivation for her OU dissertat
• E9: Favour of the Month (1991-10-26) — Desmond, an 'old prison friend' of Darryl's, turns up at Dalentrace. With a squash injury keeping Marcus at home – and curtailing Dorien's amorous adventures – Sharon suggests that
• E10: Cuckoo (1991-11-02) — Sharon's flat is now housing belligerent squatters Cedric and Egbert; her neighbour has also been acquiring mail-order items using Sharon's identity. Chris offers to sort things ou
• E11: Schooling (1991-11-09) — Sharon warns Tracey that her son will be a "mummy's boy" if she isn't careful. Sharon has also taken to dressing up and going out a lot, claiming she is going for job interviews. I
• E12: Business (1991-11-16) — Sharon and Tracel fall out over an inheritance.
• E13: We'll Always Have Majorca (1991-12-25) — Sharon and Tracy are given the use of a holiday villa in Majorca by an old friend of the boys. Garth, who's working for Dor's husband, manages to get them and Dor free tickets ove

Series 4

• E1: Breadwinner (1992-09-13) — With the café doing great business, Sharon's in the money, but Tracey is unhappy at being a kept woman.
• E2: Food for Thought (1992-09-20) — Tracey disapproves of Garth's decision to enrol at catering college.
• E3: Commitments (1992-09-27) — Sharon's husband Chris wants to dump her for another woman, and take the café away from her. Meanwhile, Dorien is leaving her husband and everything she owns for the youthful charm
• E4: Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape (1992-10-04) — Sharon wants a man and submits a video tape of herself to a video dating agency. She meets laddish Mike,who takes her to a Rolling Stones concert and claims to know all the big nam
• E5: Caring (1992-10-11) — Auntie Sylvie,just out of hospital,comes to convalesce with Tracey and Sharon and proves to be very demanding,as well as encouraging Garth to buy a motor-bike against his mother's
• E6: Nine and a Half Days (1992-10-11) — Sharon has a new man in her life, Gil, and this time it could be the real thing as far as she's concerned. The only trouble is that he wants her to move to Norfolk with him and Tra
• E7: Belongings (1992-10-25) — Fed up with her slobbish Greek customers, Sharon decides to make her cafe more upmarket and orders from a Jewish caterer suggested by Dorien. She is ostracized by the entire Greek
• E8: Hungry for Love (1992-11-01) — After Darryl comments that she has put on weight Tracey goes on a diet,suffering but losing ten pounds in the process, but when she goes back to see Darryl he is now worried she lo
• E9: Time and Tides (1992-11-08) — Dorien is depressed because she has reached the menopause but hormone replacement treatment soon puts the smile back on her face. Tracey is annoyed because she feels Darryl fails t
• E10: Sisters Are Doing It… (1992-11-15) — Tracey's lecherous new boss is causing problems. Luckily, superwomen Sharon and Dorien are at hand.
• E11: The Front (1992-11-22) — Dorien's life story, complete with steamy revelations, is about to go into print, and suddenly she's got cold feet. But can she persuade Sharon to impersonate her?
• E12: Okey-Cokey-Karaoke (1992-11-29) — Sharon and Tracey are desperate for a holiday, so a karaoke competition seems to be the ideal answer.
• E13: Loyalty (1992-11-29) — Sharon needs eight grand up front when the landlords of her café want to increase the rent in line with her new lease. Tracey refuses to put her house up as collateral and Dorien,
• E14: The Chigwell Connection (1992-12-25) — When the case against Darryl's associate Trevor Mimms is thrown out of court due to unreliable evidence from Inspector Tatum – who arrested Darryl and Chris – the sisters wonder if

Series 5

• E1: High Fidelity (1993-09-05) — Sharon is looking for a man, but the one she likes is attracted to Tracey.
• E2: Bang (1993-09-12) — It's an explosive time in Chigwell, with upheavals for Sharon, Tracey and Dorien.
• E3: Non-Starter (1993-09-19) — Dorien tries, and fails, to sell her unwanted furniture, and Sharon badgers Tracey into giving her driving lessons; after one of Sharon's disastrous driving tests it doesn't take l
• E4: Absent Friends (1993-09-26) — After a spate of burglaries, the sisters find themselves on the agenda of a Neighbourhood Watch meeting at Dorien's house. But is there a connection between the crimes and the anon
• E5: Suspicious Minds (1993-10-03) — Dorien's husband goes missing, and she's later seen digging a suspiciously man-shaped hole in the garden, prompting Sharon and Tracey to fear their man-hungry neighbour has taken t
• E6: Dead Loss (1993-10-10) — A family tragedy wins Sharon's husband leave from prison—but he takes the opportunity to do a runner.
• E7: A Brush with the Law (1993-10-17) — At last it seems as if Sharon has found romance, but the path of true love is rocky. For Tracey, a business venture with Dorien has its own hazards.
• E8: Mind Over Matter (1993-10-24) — Sharon has toothache, but won't go to the dentist. When Dorien tries to help, the result is chaos.
• E9: East Side Story (1993-10-31) — Love is in the air for Tracey's son, Garth, but the course of true love runs anything but smoothly—particularly when Dorien takes a hand.
• E10: Find the Lady (1993-11-07) — A mystery pension fund payment leads Tracey, Sharon and Dorien on a voyage of discovery which ends with a big surprise.
• E11: An Inspector Stays (1993-11-14) — When the police want to use Tracey and Sharon's home for a surveillance operation, the girls suspect a new neighbour, but the solution proves closer to home.
• E12: All Gone Pear Shaped (1993-11-21) — Sharon faces a crisis in her relationship with Colin, Tracey has a new friend, and Dorien feels left out. In Chigwell, feathers are ruffled.
• E13: A Beautiful Game (1993-11-28) — Tracey manages a boys' football team, while Dorien finds a psychic who will change her life. In the end, the two worlds collide.
• E14: It Happened in Hollywood (1993-12-25) — When Sharon And Tracy find out that their real father could be actor George Hamilton, Dor takes them on a trip to Hollywood to try and find out for sure. But chaos ensues when the

Series 6

• E1: Not in My Backyard (1994-09-18) — Someone famous is moving to Chigwell. She's guarded by heavies, and her children are called Harry and William. It's no wonder Tracey, Sharon, and Dorien draw the obvious conclusion
• E2: Mrs Robinson (1993-09-25) — Garth is dating an older divorcee, while Chris has turned his hand to creative writing.
• E3: First Time Caller (1994-10-02) — Tracey ponders her contribution to society; a radio phone-in offers one answer.
• E4: Compulsion (1994-10-09) — Dorien's spending sprees are ever-more lavish – but why?
• E5: All Day and All of the Night (1994-10-16) — Chris's cousin seems intent on turning the café into a drinking den.
• E6: Appreciation Society (1994-10-23) — After a heated argument, Sharon and Tracey agree to change places for a week.
• E7: Moving (1994-10-30) — Tracey considers a move to the country, as Garth settles into the flat above the café.
• E8: Out (1994-11-06) — Sharon is furious: Chris has applied for home leave!
• E9: In at the Deep End (1994-11-13) — Sharon thinks installing a swimming pool will be easy, since she has a café full of builders.
• E10: Buisness is Buisness (1994-11-20) — Sharon struggles to run the café alongside the pool business.
• E11: Puppy Love (1994-11-27) — There are surprises all around when Dorien and the sisters trace their first loves.
• E12: Still Waters Run Deep (1994-12-04) — Prospective client Monty Kray wants a pool installing – within days.
• E13: On the Glass (1994-12-11) — Sharon's order book is empty, and Dorien has had her credit card limit slashed.
• E14: Christmas in Dreamland (1994-12-24) — It's Christmas Eve. After over-indulging, Sharon nods off and dreams of a very different life. Chris is a rich and famous pop star, she is his glamorous diva wife, and Dorien is th
• E15: The Chigwell Years (1996-12-18) — After over-indulging, Sharon nods off and dreams of a different life…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Birds of a Feather have? 12 season(s) with 126 episodes.

Who created Birds of a Feather? Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran.

Where can I watch Birds of a Feather? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.