Birds Of A Feather

Series 3

Comedy series following the lives of sisters Tracey and Sharon who are left to fend for themselves after their husbands are arrested for armed robbery.

13 Episodes

  • Keeping Up Appearances
    E1
    Keeping Up AppearancesChris 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. When Sharon comments on this, Tracy kicks her out.
  • Tinker, Tailor
    E2
    Tinker, TailorTracey and Sharon receive a visit from a motorist in need of water. Afterwards, they begin to think the man was a police spy trying to get information on Darryl and Chris, but it's Dorien who's left in tears.
  • Baby Come Back
    E3
    Baby Come BackSharon 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 she feels ready to settle down, and Dave could be just the right man. All she has to do is tell him that she never had a miscarriage. Meanwhile, Tracy gets all motherly when Garth comes home for the weekend.
  • Just Family
    E4
    Just FamilyDarryl'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 coming round for the evening and helping with the cooking - although it later turns out she did this as she was expecting a boyfriend to call her on their number. A few days later Les and Olive write a letter to Darryl saying that Tracey's house is depraved and he suggests they move their from the prefab in Poplar. Tracey and Sharon are horrified by this. When Darryl's parents and Tracey all visit him in prison, an argument soon occurs and he finds out what his parents are really like.
  • Confidence
    E5
    ConfidenceTracey feels that she should get a job but, because Darryl has always insisted she should not go out to work, she lacks self-confidence - so Sharon starts her off helping Siobhan, who runs the newsletter for prisoners' wives. Sharon then goes with her to apply for a receptionist job but Tracey is over-awed by the notion of having to fill in the application form so Sharon fills it in and gets the job.
  • The Lost Weekend
    E6
    The Lost WeekendIt'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. Sharon is unsure about the activity on offer which is hang gliding, later it turns out Dorien has had an accident so the activity weekend is cancelled.
  • History
    E7
    HistoryDorien 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 clearing out possessions, an old photo is found with Darryl at a party, under the table with someone else. Sharon is chucked out of the house by Tracey for keeping it a secret.
  • Poetic Justice
    E8
    Poetic JusticeChris 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 dissertation. But while Dorien becomes the centre of attention, Tracey becomes a victim of food poisoning after eating at a motorway cafe.
  • Favour Of The Month
    E9
    Favour Of The MonthDesmond, 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 the accident-prone Desmond acts as temporary chauffeur.
  • Cuckoo
    E10
    CuckooSharon'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 out - with the aid of 'Batty' Harold and his mates, who specialise in GBH.
  • Schooling
    E11
    SchoolingSharon 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. In fact, she is having lunch with the up-market Mark and they're now on their sixth date. However, her hopes of happiness are dashed when discovering Mark is an over-grown kid controlled by his mother.
  • Business
    E12
    BusinessSharon and Tracel fall out over an inheritance.
  • We'll Always Have Majorca
    E13
    We'll Always Have MajorcaSharon 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 over there. But he fails to mention why. That becomes obvious, when they step into the villa and see Daryl and Chris, who have escaped from jail while doing a music performance.

Cast of Series 3

  • Pauline QuirkeSharon Theodopolopodos
  • Linda RobsonTracey Stubbs
  • Lesley JosephDorien Green

 

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