Birds of a Feather

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Birds of a Feather
Genre Sitcom and Family
Created by Laurence Marks
Maurice Gran
Directed by Nick Wood
Starring Pauline Quirke
Linda Robson
Lesley Joseph
Samuel James
Charlie Quirke
Theme music composer Irving Berlin
Opening theme "What'll I Do?" performed by Linda Robson & Pauline Quirke
Ending theme "What'll I Do?"
Country of origin United Kingdom
Original language(s) English
No. of series 12
No. of episodes 126 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Jon Rolph
Steve Sheen
Producer(s) Jo Willett
Camera setup Video (1989–)
Multiple-camera setup
Running time 30–75 minutes (1989–98)
22 minutes (2014–)
Production company(s) Alomo Productions (1989–98)
Retort Productions/Quirkymedia Stuff (2014–)
Distributor FremantleMedia
Release
Original network BBC One (1989-98)
ITV (2014–)
Picture format 576i (4:3) (1989–98)
1080i (16:9) (2014–)
Original release BBC:
16 October 1989 (1989-10-16) –
24 December 1998
ITV:
2 January 2014 – present

Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom originally broadcast on BBC One from 1989 to 1998, then revived on ITV in 2014. 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 (Linda Robson) and Sharon Theodopolopodos (Pauline Quirke) 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 Jewish next-door neighbour, and later friend, Dorien Green (Lesley Joseph), is a middle-aged married woman who is constantly having affairs with younger men. In the last two BBC series, the location is changed to Hainault before returning to Chigwell in series 10 (the first aired on ITV).

The series ended its original BBC One run on Christmas Eve 1998 after nine years, but returned just over 15 years later, on 2 January 2014, on ITV for its tenth series overall, running for eight episodes.[1][2] The opening episode of the new series attracted nearly 8 million viewers, giving ITV its highest rated comedy since Barbara in 2000.[3] In 2015, there was an eleventh series aired from December 2014 - January 2015. This was the second series for ITV and a twelfth series aired in 2016. This was the third series on ITV.[4]

Title

The title comes from the (idiomatic) phrase "birds of a feather flock together" meaning that people having similar characters, backgrounds, interests, or beliefs will congregate.

Synopsis

For sisters Sharon Theodopolopodous and Tracey Stubbs, life is never the same again when their husbands are convicted of armed robbery and sent to prison. Sharon, a common, large and loud-mouthed character from a squalid council flat in Edmonton, moves into her wealthy sister's luxury home in Chigwell, so that Sharon can support Tracy.

Sharon has always felt inadequate next to her slimmer, elder sister Tracey and felt she had the tougher childhood. Her marriage to Chris, a waster of Greek Cypriot descent, was miserable and childless due to Sharon's "infertility." Chris's family condemn her for this but Sharon discovers, during series one, that Chris is actually the infertile one and not her. Sharon happily cheats on Chris and gives him grief when visiting. Despite this, she becomes bitterly envious whenever he has another woman, and only ever makes half-hearted attempts to divorce him until the new 2014 series, in which Chris finally demands a divorce from Sharon so he can marry his fiancée.

Tracey, however, loves her husband, Darryl, whose legitimate business was building conservatories. However, he made most of his money from robbing banks. Unlike Sharon who tends to be more realistic regarding their husbands, Tracey deludes herself into believing her husband is innocent, especially in the Christmas Special "The Chigwell Connection", and when Darryl is finally released in series seven, she trusts him when he asks for a cheque on the company account, which leads to Darryl defrauding her out of her business assets. He and Tracey have a son, Garth, who becomes a chef after going to boarding school, and eventually marries Kimberley; this marriage doesn't last as in series ten, Garth has moved to Australia and started a relationship with a girl named Marcie. Tracey is the more honest and law-abiding of the two sisters, whereas Sharon is more willing to indulge in unscrupulous and often criminal activities, such as illegally subletting her council flat when she was living with Tracey, taking drugs, selling stolen merchandise, fiddling her VAT, and claiming unemployment benefits while she was actually employed.

The sisters' neighbour is the wealthy, snobbish, man-eating Dorien Green, a middle-aged woman who strives to create the impression that she is a glamorous beauty, and who dresses in a sexually provocative style, preferring mini skirts, high heels and leopard print. Dorien is married to the rarely seen Marcus, but is frequently involved with other men, with hilarious consequences. Dorien and Marcus are Jewish. Her marriage was also childless, due to her vanity and the lack of affection between her and Marcus. She is a regular, if uninvited, guest at Tracey's house, and mocks Sharon about her weight whilst Sharon teases Dorien about her lifestyle and age. However, Sharon and Tracey become the best friends Dorien has ever had, and this mutual teasing is friendly and playful rather than serious or hurtful, and it is often shown that Sharon and Tracey care for Dorien and vice versa. If any of them get into trouble or have a problem, the others are often the first to help, regardless of the consequences.

Although Dorien had several flings with younger men, Luke Horton was her most frequent lover and she appeared to genuinely love him, from the first series until he left Dorien for a younger woman in the second series. He later appeared in the eighth series, his first and only appearance, where it is revealed he has married and settled down. Dorien's nemesis is the acid-tongued Melanie Fishman, a vindictive gossip who Dorien constantly attempts to outdo. Marcus eventually tires of Dorien's selfishness and leaves her to begin a new life with his secret mistress and love children. Dorien later starts a loving relationship with Richard Summers, which is initially strained due to Richard's teenage children taking an instant dislike to Dorien, which she gladly reciprocates.

There is some uncertainty about Dorien's maiden name. She says that her father's name was Arthur Friedman, but a wedding invitation to Sharon and Tracey reveals her mother's name to be Estelle Kapper. Later, Dorien refers to her maiden name as Kapper and an old flame also remembers her as Dorien Kapper. She grew up in Burnt Oak in the London Borough of Barnet. On a number of occasions, Dorien has claimed to be a graduate. However, she has not specified, onscreen at least, which university she attended and when. Throughout the series' run, Dorien toys with novel writing, but is unsuccessful in having her work published, until the 2014 series in which she has become an established author. Dorien's mother appears on screen once but is often mentioned by her daughter as an icy, domineering woman, and the two clearly have a stormy relationship. Dorien also has a brother named Jeffrey, who she believes to be their mother's favourite, as he lives a modest life in a semi-detached home, and, unlike Dorien, has given their mother four grandchildren. In series eleven, it is revealed that when she was seventeen in 1965, Dorien had a fling with a man named Lionel and had a daughter with him named Naomi whom was raised by Lionel. They reunite fifty years later where Dorien learns that Naomi is a vicar, yet she has inherited Dorien's appearance and fondness for risqué behavior.

In the series seven episode, "Cheers", Darryl and Chris are released from prison and are determined to start afresh. Chris feels remorse for his crimes and for not treating Sharon better during their marriage. He impresses Sharon by getting an honest job as a pizza delivery man. Darryl, however, feels that the only way to treat Tracey is to return to unscrupulous tactics. He attempts to launder counterfeit money into Sharon and Tracey's swimming pool business but is caught and imprisoned again – along with an innocent Chris, much to Sharon's dismay. Darryl and Tracey's marriage is severely strained after this, and Tracey contemplates leaving Darryl, but decides against it; however, this is not before she is unfaithful to him. In series nine Tracey discovers she is pregnant and panics the child may not be Darryl's; however, she is reassured when she discovers the other possible father has had a vasectomy. When Tracey gives birth to her second child, Travis, Sharon vows to stand by her sister and raise the child together.

Sharon and Tracey's maternal aunt, "Auntie Sylvie" (Vivian Pickles), is frequently mentioned and appears twice. After Tracey and Sharon's parents died, Sylvie raised them.[5][6]

In the tenth series it is revealed that Tracey and Darryl have divorced and that Darryl moved to Wales on his release from prison. Tracey has remarried and is back living in her former marital home, "Dalentrace", in Chigwell, kicking Sharon out due to her dislike of Tracey's second husband, Ralph. At the start of the series, Sharon is back living in her council flat and the two have not spoken for over six months when they "bump into each other" at a book signing. They are shocked to discover that the author of "Sixty Shades of Green" (a Fifty Shades of Grey clone) is their old friend Dorien, whom they haven't seen in years. When Tracey offers Sharon a lift home, she confesses that she has thrown Ralph out after catching him stealing from her. Lonely, she persuades Sharon to return home to Chigwell. Travis feigns annoyance that Sharon is back, but it is then revealed to the audience that he set up their "chance" meeting at the book signing.

As the three plan how their new set-up will work, Dorien arrives unexpectedly, after learning that she is being sued for plagiarising Fifty Shades of Grey. With all her assets frozen, she has no choice but to beg Tracey for a place to stay. Just as everyone is speculating how they will all fit into the house, Garth suddenly arrives from Australia with new girlfriend Marcie and her 10-year-old daughter Poppy, all needing somewhere to stay. By the end of the series Garth, Marcie and Poppy have moved out, with the couple opening a pop-up restaurant, and the case against Dorien has collapsed due to a tabloid exposé about an MP she once dated - which proves the stories in her book were all true. However, after initially planning to return to her former home in Hollywood, Dorien realises Sharon and Tracey are her true friends, and opts to continue living with them instead.

In series eleven, Garth returns to the family home having separated from Marcie. Dorien's past comes back to haunt her when, amongst her fan mail, she finds a letter from the daughter she gave up for adoption 50 years ago. Dorien eventually agrees to meet Naomi (Frances Ruffelle), who she is stunned to discover is a vicar with two grown up children. Meanwhile Tracey is faced with health concerns when she discovers a large mole on her shoulder is malignant.

In series twelve, Tracey is told by the police that Darryl has died in an attempted robbery and that Garth is next of kin. The funeral is attended by Tracey, Sharon, Dorien, Garth, Travis and many of Darryl's gangster friends. Dorien is also revealed to have a granddaughter named Emma (Naomi's daughter), who briefly moved into the Stubbs house.

Production

In the original series, most of the interior scenes of the original series were shot at Teddington Studios. In the original series, the prison exteriors were filmed at HM Prison Maidstone.[7]

For the 2014 revived series, interior scenes were recorded in Studio 2 at The London Studios. Filming took place in front of an audience between 28 September and 24 November 2013. The show moved to Pinewood Studios for the second revived series of the show. Filming for this series took place in front of an audience between 8 October and 26 November 2014. The show retuned in January 2016 and was recorded at Pinewood Studios from 2 September until 21 October 2015, again in front of a live audience in the studio.

Revival

On 3 March 2009, the Daily Mirror reported that the classic sitcom was set for a return reporting that Lesley Joseph, Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson have all been asked by the team behind the sitcom to make another series. Quirke was reported as saying that her acting school "Quirky Kidz" was beginning to really take off, so she'd be hesitant to become involved in another creative project.[8] After this speculation of a return in early 2009 nothing more was said. However, in July 2012 Lesley Joseph hinted that Birds of a Feather could return for another series following a successful stage tour.

In March 2013, Pauline Quirke appeared on ITV's This Morning and confirmed that a script for a new series is "on the desk at the BBC" and they are just waiting for a decision to be made as to whether or not the BBC would commission a new series. The BBC offered to broadcast a one-off special episode, however this was refused by the producers of the show in favour of ITV's offer of a series.[9] Fifteen years after the original series ended, the original cast returned, this time on ITV.[10]

Linda Robson confirmed on her Twitter account that filming began on 16 September 2013, with 8 new episodes broadcasting from 2 January 2014. It was also confirmed that all characters would return, including Tracey's new child, who was born in the last ever episode. Matt Willis replaced Matthew Savage as the part of Garth making him the third actor to play the character, although Willis was later replaced by Samuel James in 2015. Two new characters were introduced in the tenth series including Garth's new girlfriend Marcie, who did not appear in the 2015 series. The first episode was met with mainly positive reviews with fans saying the show had stayed true to itself. Quirke stated that the cast only returned with the intention of doing the one series although stated she would not rule out doing further episodes if the scripts were right and the fans and viewers wanted more of the series. The opening episode attracted nearly 8 million viewers, giving ITV its highest rated comedy since Barbara in 2000.[3] On 16 January Robson, Quirke and Joseph appeared on Loose Women to take over for one special episode to celebrate the series return and the ratings success. Robson has been a regular panellist on Loose Women since 2012.

In March 2014, ITV announced a second series of eight episodes would be produced. In August 2014, Linda Robson confirmed via her Twitter feed that filming would start on 7 September 2014 and continue through until November, and the series would be broadcast in January 2015. In November 2014, Robson confirmed that Matt Willis would not return due to his commitments with McBusted. The role of Garth Stubbs was taken over by former EastEnders actor Samuel James.[11][12] The series began airing on 26 December 2014, starting with a Christmas special. The series began airing the following week (1 January 2015).

On 12 March 2015, ITV announced that a third series (the twelfth overall) was to be filmed later in the year. The series aired in January and February 2016.[13]

Cast

Episode count is as of Series 12, Episode 8 "Forever Young" (most recent)

Current

Actor(s) Character Duration Episodes
Pauline Quirke Sharon Theodopolopodos 1989–98, 2014– 126
Linda Robson Tracey Stubbs 1989–98, 2014– 126
Lesley Joseph Dorien Green 1989–98, 2014– 126
Charlie Quirke Travis Stubbs 2014– 24
Samuel James Garth Stubbs 1989–98, 2014– 55
Matt Willis
Matthew Savage
Simon Nash

Former

Actor Character Duration Episodes
David Cardy Chris Theodopolopodos 1989, 1997–98, 2014 10
Peter Polycarpou 1990–94 39
Alun Lewis Darryl Stubbs 1989–94 50
Doug McFerran 1997 5
Nickolas Grace Marcus Green 1989, 1993, 1997 3
Stephen Greif 1990 1
Vivian Pickles Aunt Sylvie 1990–92 2
Camilla Marie Beeput Marcie 2014 6
Frances Ruffelle Naomi 2015 3

Note: The 1996 episode "The Chigwell Years" included clips from previous episodes. Alun Lewis, Peter Polycarpou
and David Cardy all featured in the archive footage but did not appear in any original scenes.

Guest appearances

Episodes

Birds of a Feather first aired in 1989 and has so far ran for 10 series consisting of 110 episodes. 103 episodes are thirty minutes in length, while one is forty minutes, four are 50 minutes, one is 60 minutes and one is 75 minutes.

Most episodes were written by Laurence Marks & Maurice Gran, Gary Lawson & John Phelps, Geoff Rowley, Sue Teddem, Peter Tilbury, Geoff Deane, Tony Millan & Mike Walling, Damon Rochefort and Sam Lawrence. Keith Lindsay & Martin Tomms, Steve Coombes & Dave Robinson, George Costigan & Julia North, John Ross, Frankie Bailey, Miles Tredinnick, Jenny Lecoat, Alun Lewis, Richard Preddy & Gary Howe and Ian Davidson & Peter Vincent & Tony Jordan all wrote one episode each.

Opening titles

The theme tune was Irving Berlin's "What'll I Do?". Initially the version recorded by actor William Atherton for the 1974 film The Great Gatsby was used; from the third series onwards is sung by Quirke and Robson.

During the opening theme for series 1, Quirke and Robson were seen both dressed in a white shirt and a black skirt and they walked towards to screen through several spotlights. Once they reached the screen it faded to Quirke and Robson sat back to back as they rotated. The ending theme was an extended version sung by Quirke and Robson together. And it showed Quirke and Robson walking to the screen and back, passing through the spot lights, while the credits rolled on the left of the screen.

Opening credits from series two to nine (1990–98)

Series 2 featured the same music as series 1 but introduced the new opening which featured pictures of characters Sharon and Tracey as they grow up.

  1. Sharon and Tracey as babies, could be toddlers.
  2. As young children (this stage of their lives is featured in the closing theme)
  3. As children, grown up
  4. As teenagers, from this picture onwards, it is actually Quirke and Robson that featured in the pictures.
  5. As young adults
  6. As adults on Tracey's wedding day. From this picture onwards, the pictures are in colour.
  7. As adults on Sharon's wedding day.
  8. As adults, now as they appear in the series.

For the picture transition, the pictures faded. The last picture remained until the entire screen faded into the episode.

For the closing theme, A video was of the child actors that are supposed to be a young Sharon and Tracey, in the second picture of the opening theme, out in a park eating ice creams with their teddies, chasing each other, Tracey trying to get Sharon to play, Sharon jumping down some steps, Tracey looking through a railing to a pond and it ends with Sharon and Tracey waving bye and running away from the screen together.

Series 3 introduced a revised version of the song which was performed by Quirke and Robson. In the opening theme, Robson sang the first verse and Quirke sang the last; this was the opposite way round in the closing theme. It used the same video as the series 2 opening and closing theme.

The episode closing theme was an extended version of the song. Quirke and Robson sang separate verses before singing the last line together: "That won't come true, what'll I do?".

A new arrangement of the theme by Dave Arch accompanies a new title sequence using a number of the images used in the previous series titles as well as a current image of the sisters and Dorien - now styled to be pictures in frames, slides and images through a camera's view screen. The video sequence from the original closing credits now appears in the opening sequence alongside a clip from an old episode made to look like a home video recording. More of the old end credits video appears as the programme moves in and out of the commercial break. It was confirmed prior to broadcast in an online interview with Whatsontv that the opening titles have been slightly updated with new images and with Joseph now singing in the opening titles alongside Quirke and Robson.

Other countries

Birds of a Feather was sold to over 30 countries worldwide, and the format was sold to countries including Australia (ABC TV), New Zealand, Spain and South Africa. The show is regularly re-run on Australian & New Zealand pay TV.

American adaptation

An American adaptation, called Stand by Your Man was made by Fox. Rosie O'Donnell played hard-up Lorraine Popowski, while Melissa Gilbert-Brinkman played her rich sister Rochelle Dunphy. Sam McMurray played Rochelle's husband Roger, and Rick Hall played Lorraine's husband Artie. The Dorien character was called Adrienne Stone played by Miriam Flynn. The series was broadcast for only eight episodes from 5 April to 9 August 1992.

Stage adaptation

On 8 July 2010, Linda Robson confirmed on This Morning that a script has been written for a stage show, which all three actresses are keen to be involved with, but this would depend on the availability of Pauline Quirke, who had just been contracted to Emmerdale for 6 months. Quirke announced on 16 May 2011 that she would be leaving Emmerdale at Christmas 2011, and that a touring version of Birds of a Feather would start in spring 2012.[15]

Birds of a Feather has been adapted for stage by The Comedy Theatre Company, producers of previous dinnerladies and Keeping Up Appearances UK stage tours. The 2012 Birds of a Feather UK tour includes the original three leading actresses. Quirke and Robson's real-life sons, Charlie Quirke and Louis Dunford, share the role of Travis Stubbs, the son born to Tracey in the final episode of the TV series.[16]

Audio releases

On 27 July 2000, Two audio books were released featuring 8 classic shows from the first 2 series. The shows included were "Nicked", "Just Visiting", "Shift", "Women's Trouble", "Getting a Grip", "Sweet Smell of Success", "Young Guns", and "Muesli".

Home video releases

VHS

While the series was airing on BBC1 in the 1990s, there were some VHS releases of episodes from the series.

VHS video title Year of release Episodes BBFC rating
"Birds Of A Feather - Part 1 - Episodes 1-3" N/A Nicked, Just Visiting, Shift PG
"Birds Of A Feather - Part 2 - Episodes 4-6" N/A Women's Troubles, Cheat!, Substitute PG
"Birds Of A Feather - Poetic Justice" 13 Sept. 1993 Keeping Up Appearances, Baby Come Back, Poetic Justice, Okey-Cokey Karaoke PG
"Birds Of A Feather - Caring" 13 Sept. 1993 Nine and a Half Days, Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape, Muesli PG
"Birds Of A Feather - Favour Of The Month" 13 Sept. 1993 Favour of the Month, Time and Tide, Belongings PG
"Birds Of A Feather - Sweet Smell of Success" 13 Sept. 1993 Sweet Smell of Success, Parting, Keep off the Grass, Tinker Tailor PG
"Birds of a Feather - The Very Best Of" 1 May 1995 Now Starter, Find The Lady, Moving, Still Waters Run Deep PG

DVD

The first series of Birds of a Feather was released by Prism Leisure Corporation on 6 January 2003. Series One was released in Region 4 (Australia) in March 2007. Series One was re-released with different packaging on 1 June 2009 and at the time FremantleMedia said that there were no plans to release the remaining series.

Series 1 was re-released for a third time with new packaging along with Series 2 on 30 August 2010 through Network.

Series 3 & 4 were released on 31 January 2011 and were followed by series 5 & 6 on 21 February, series 7 & 8 on 7 March and series 9 on 11 April 2011. The Complete Series 1–9 box set was released on 10 October 2011.

Following the release of the complete collection, an Australian release was also included. This was released in three individual box sets, each containing three series.

The Complete Series 1–9 box set is rated 'PG' for Parental Guidance in Australia and New Zealand for coarse language and sexual references.

Following Birds of a Feather's comeback on TV after nearly 16 years, the complete series 10 was released on 10 March 2014 containing all 8 episodes of that series. A DVD release of the first four Christmas specials was released in November 2014.

Series 11 was released on DVD in February 2015, containing 8 episodes, followed by an ITV series 1 and 2 box set.

A DVD release of Series 12, is due at the end of February 2016. Unlike the other 2 DVD releases, which were distributed by FremantleMedia, this one is being released through Network, the company that brought Series 1-9 on DVD.

DVD title No. of discs Year(s) No. of episodes DVD release
Region 2 Region 4 Special episodes
Complete Series 1 1 1989 6 + special 30 August 2010 N/A 1989 Christmas special
Complete Series 2 3 1990 15 + special N/A 1990 Christmas special
Complete Series 3 2 1991 12 + special 31 January 2011 N/A 1991 Christmas special
Complete Series 4 2 1992 13 + special N/A 1992 Christmas special
Complete Series 5 3 1993 13 + special 21 February 2011 N/A 1993 Christmas special
Complete Series 6 3 1994 14 + special N/A 1994 Christmas special
Complete Series 7 2 1997 10 + special 7 March 2011 N/A "The Chigwell Years"
Complete Series 8 1 1998 6 + special N/A 1997 Christmas special
Complete Series 9 1 1998 6 + Special 11 April 2011 N/A 1998 Christmas Special
Series 1–3 6 1989–91 33 + 3 specials N/A 30 August 2011[17] Christmas specials
Series 4–6 6 1992–94 40 + 3 specials N/A 3 November 2013[18] Christmas specials
Series 7–9 4 1997–98 22 + 2 specials N/A 1 March 2012[19] Christmas specials
& "The Chigwell Years"
Complete Collection (Series 1–9)
(The Complete BBC Series)		 19 (Region 2)
16 (Region 4)		 1989–98 102 10 October 2011 2 August 2012[20] Christmas specials
& "The Chigwell Years"
The Complete ITV Series 1
(Complete Series 10)		 1 2014 8 10 March 2014 23 August 2014 N/A
The Complete ITV Series 2
(Complete Series 11)		 1 2014–15 8 23 February 2015 TBA N/A
The Complete ITV Series 1 & 2
(Complete Series 10 & 11)		 2 2014–15 16 23 February 2015 TBA N/A
The Complete ITV Series 3
(Complete Series 12)		 2 2016 8 29 February 2016 TBA N/A

Awards

Year(s) Award Show Category Result Recipient(s)
1990 British Comedy Awards Best TV Comedy Newcomer Won Pauline Quirke
Best TV Comedy Actress Nominated
1993 BAFTA Awards Best Comedy (Programme or Series) Nominated Terry Kinane
Laurence Marks
Maurice Gran
Candida Julian-Jones
1997 National Television Awards Most Popular Comedy Performer Nominated Pauline Quirke
1998 Most Popular Actress Nominated
1999 Most Popular Comedy Performer Nominated
Most Popular Comedy Programme Nominated Birds of a Feather
TV Quick Awards Best Sitcom Won
2015 TV Choice Awards Most Popular Comedy Nominated
2016 National Television Awards Most Popular Comedy Nominated

References

General
Specific
  1. ↑ "Birds of Feather: Episode One". ITV Press Centre. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  2. ↑ "Downton Abbey, Birds of a Feather: ITV's Christmas, New Year listings". Digital Spy. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
  3. 1 2 Rob Leigh (3 January 2014). "Birds of a Feather return watched by nearly 8 million viewers to become 'ITV's best-performing sitcom since 2000'". mirror. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Birds Of A Feather to return for Series 12". comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Someone Else's Baby". Birds of a Feather. 1990-12-13. BBC. BBC1.
  6. ↑ "Holy Ground". Birds of a Feather. 1998-12-24. BBC. BBC1.
  7. ↑ Kent Film Office. "Kent Film Office Birds of a Feather Film Focus".
  8. ↑ "Classic BBC sitcom Birds of a Feather set for comeback". Daily Mirror. 2009-03-03. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
  9. ↑ "BBC News Birds of a Feather sitcom to return on ITV". BBC Online. 18 June 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  10. ↑ Eames, Tom (2013-06-18). "'Birds of a Feather' to return after 15 years for new series on ITV". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2013-06-18.
  11. ↑ "Linda Robson on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Spotlight: SAMUEL JAMES". spotlight.com. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Birds of a Feather renewed for 12th series by ITV". Digital Spy. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Martin Kemp joins the Birds of a Feather cast as new series starts filming". Digital Spy. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  15. ↑ Kilkelly, Daniel (2011-05-16). "Pauline Quirke to leave 'Emmerdale'". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
  16. ↑ Birds of a Feather - The National Stage Tour, Birdsontour.com. Retrieved 8 February 2012
  17. ↑ "Birds Of A Feather - Series 1 - 3". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  18. ↑ "Birds Of A Feather - Series 4 - 6". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  19. ↑ "Birds Of A Feather - Series 7 - 9". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  20. ↑ "Birds Of A Feather - Series 1 - 9". JB Hi-Fi. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

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