Birds of a Feather
1989 · TV Series · 30 min · ★ 6.3
After their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery, two sisters end up living together in a comfortable Essex home and trying to rebuild their lives. With money worries, family squabbles, and a flirtatious next-door neighbor stirring things up, everyday problems turn into sharp, often heartfelt comedy.
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Details
- Years
- 1989–2020
- Release date
- 1989-10-16
- Network
- BBC One, ITV1
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 30 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (23 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a character-driven British sitcom mixing big laughs with occasional heart, and you like the cozy, familiar feel of shows like Goodnight Sweetheart; Not for you if dated attitudes or broad, repetitive jokes annoy you.
Pros: laugh-out-loud one-liners; strong lead chemistry; easy comfort viewing | Cons: can feel dated; some cringe moments; later seasons lose steam
Themes
- prison
- wife
- sister
- marriage
- neighbor
- suburb
- husband
- council estate
- sitcom
- armed robbery
Cast & crew
Pauline Quirke
as Sharon Theodopolopodos
Linda Robson
as Tracey Stubbs
- LJ
Lesley Joseph
as Dorien Green
Charlie Quirke
as Travis Stubbs
Rupert Vansittart
as Wayne
David Emanuel
as David Emanuel
Ray Winstone
as Prison Warder
Ronan Vibert
as Martin
George Hamilton
as Self
George Wendt
as Himself
Directed by Terry Kinane, Charlie Hanson, Nic Phillips +5 more
Episodes12 seasons · 126 episodes
Season 17 episodes
- S1E1Nicked30m
- S1E2Just Visiting30m
- S1E3Shift!30m
- S1E4Women's Troubles30m
- S1E5Cheat!30m
- S1E6Substitute30m
- S1E7Sailing30m
Season 216 episodes
- S2E1Getting a Grip30m
- S2E2Sweet Smell of Success30m
- S2E3Young Guns30m
- S2E4Muesli30m
- S2E5Keep Off the Grass30m
- S2E6Mice30m
- S2E7Brief Encounter30m
- S2E8You Pays Yer Money30m
- S2E9Trust30m
- S2E10Thirty Something30m
- S2E11Love on the Run30m
- S2E12Old Friends30m
- S2E13Parting30m
- S2E14Jobs for the Girls30m
- S2E15Someone Else's Baby30m
- S2E16Falling in Love Again75m
Season 313 episodes
- S3E1Keeping Up Appearances30m
- S3E2Tinker, Tailor30m
- S3E3Baby Come Back30m
- S3E4Just Family30m
- S3E5Confidence30m
- S3E6The Lost Weekend30m
- S3E7History30m
- S3E8Poetic Justice30m
- S3E9Favour of the Month30m
- S3E10Cuckoo30m
- S3E11Schooling30m
- S3E12Business30m
- S3E13We'll Always Have Majorca50m
Season 414 episodes
- S4E1Breadwinner30m
- S4E2Food for Thought30m
- S4E3Commitments30m
- S4E4Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape30m
- S4E5Caring30m
- S4E6Nine and a Half Days30m
- S4E7Belongings30m
- S4E8Hungry for Love30m
- S4E9Time and Tides30m
- S4E10Sisters Are Doing It...30m
- S4E11The Front30m
- S4E12Okey-Cokey-Karaoke30m
- S4E13Loyalty30m
- S4E14The Chigwell Connection50m
Season 514 episodes
- S5E1High Fidelity30m
- S5E2Bang30m
- S5E3Non-Starter30m
- S5E4Absent Friends30m
- S5E5Suspicious Minds30m
- S5E6Dead Loss30m
- S5E7A Brush with the Law30m
- S5E8Mind Over Matter30m
- S5E9East Side Story30m
- S5E10Find the Lady30m
- S5E11An Inspector Stays30m
- S5E12All Gone Pear Shaped30m
- S5E13A Beautiful Game30m
- S5E14It Happened in Hollywood60m
Season 615 episodes
- S6E1Not in My Backyard30m
- S6E2Mrs Robinson30m
- S6E3First Time Caller30m
- S6E4Compulsion30m
- S6E5All Day and All of the Night30m
- S6E6Appreciation Society30m
- S6E7Moving30m
- S6E8Out30m
- S6E9In at the Deep End30m
- S6E10Buisness is Buisness30m
- S6E11Puppy Love30m
- S6E12Still Waters Run Deep30m
- S6E13On the Glass30m
- S6E14Christmas in Dreamland50m
- S6E15The Chigwell Years30m
Season 711 episodes
- S7E1Stand by Your Man30m
- S7E2Nearest and Dearest30m
- S7E3Cheers30m
- S7E4Relative Strangers30m
- S7E5Porridge30m
- S7E6Rising Damp30m
- S7E7Three Up, Two Down30m
- S7E8Are You Being Served?30m
- S7E9Never the Twain30m
- S7E10Three's Company30m
- S7E11Reservoir Birds50m
Season 86 episodes
- S8E1Trouble and Strife30m
- S8E2The Essex Patient30m
- S8E3Maids of Ongar30m
- S8E4Baggage30m
- S8E5Can't Judge a Book30m
- S8E6Money30m
Season 96 episodes
- S9E1Ghost30m
- S9E2Mummies and Daddies30m
- S9E3Sunday30m
- S9E4Model30m
- S9E5Nuptials30m
- S9E6Holy Ground40m
Season 108 episodes
- S10E1Gimme Shelter22m
- S10E2Slave22m
- S10E3Hot Stuff22m
- S10E4Hearts for Sale22m
- S10E5Tattoo You22m
- S10E6Blinded by Love22m
- S10E7Back to Zero22m
- S10E8You Can't Always Get What You Want22m
Season 118 episodes
- S11E1Birds on a Plane22m
- S11E2There's Something About Sharon22m
- S11E3Guess Who's Coming to Essex?22m
- S11E4The Girls with the Pearl Buttons22m
- S11E5Tracey's Choice22m
- S11E6The Chef, the Cook, His Mum and Her Lodger22m
- S11E7Without a Trace22m
- S11E8Spa Wars22m
Season 128 episodes
- S12E1Knocking on Heaven's Door22m
- S12E2Too Much of Nothing22m
- S12E3Tombstone Blues22m
- S12E4Going, Going, Gone22m
- S12E5Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You22m
- S12E6Abandoned Love22m
- S12E7Blonde on Blonde22m
- S12E8Forever Young22m