History Series / BirdsOfAFeather

* Bowdlerise: The repeats shown on UKTV edit out most of the swearing and vulgar references to body parts, meaning that some of the humour doesn't flow.

** In "High Fidelity", Tracey fancies an illiterate but attractive man, so Sharon reminds her that she is still married. This is despite the fact Sharon has also had at least an equal number of boyfriends while their husbands have been in prison as has Tracey.

** In "Relative Strangers", Dorien mocks Sharon for being thrown out by a newly-released Darren by quoting the lyrics from ''I Will Survive'' by Gloria Gaynor, which Sharon sung in a karaoke contest in "Okey-Cokey-Karaoke".

** People do have a tendency to accidentally misname Dorien as "Doreen". This is normally done by Darryl and Chris, but other people, including Lorraine Kelly in one episode, have also misnamed her.

** Seeing as "Ghost" revolves around a haunted VHS player, several shows either get mentioned by name or have their theme played (Series/{{Minder}}, ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous'', ''Series/TerryAndJune'', ''Series/DadsArmy'' and ''Series/SteptoeAndSon''). Later in the episode, Dorien suggests watching ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984.''

** The 1994 Christmas special has Dorien talk about taping Film/DeadAgain, which was in real life shown then.

** Seeing as "Ghost" revolves around a haunted VHS player, several shows either get mentioned by name or have their theme played (Series/{{Minder}}, Series/AbsolutelyFabulous, ''Series/TerryAndJune'', Series/DadsArmy and Series/SteptoeAndSon). Later in the episode, Dorien suggests watching Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet1984.
** In "Still Waters Run Deep", Tracey is shocked by how old the temporary builders hired by Sharon are, exclaiming "it is like Series/DadsArmy meets Series/LastOfTheSummerWine in there!"

Tracey Stubbs (Robson) is HappilyMarried to successful builder Darryl Stubbs (Creator/AlunLewis, then Douglas [=McFerran=]) and has a big house, plenty of money and a son, Garth (Simon Nash, then Matthew Savage), at boarding school. Sharon Theodopolopodous (Quirke) is unhappily married to the lazy Chris (David Cardy, then Peter Polycarpou) and has a cheap council flat and a job in a supermarket. However, Darryl's business isn't as successful as he makes out and he and Chris are arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to twelve years in prison. Tracey feels unable to cope on her own so Sharon, partly to comfort her and partly to get away from her own miserable life, moves in with her. The two spend their days adjusting to life without husbands, trying to earn money and taking the mick out of their snobby, over-sexed neighbour, Dorien Green (Joseph), who is forever having affairs behind the back of her accountant husband, Marcus (Nickolas Grace).

Tracey Stubbs (Robson) is HappilyMarried to successful builder Darryl Stubbs (Alun Lewis, then Douglas [=McFerran=]) and has a big house, plenty of money and a son, Garth (Simon Nash, then Matthew Savage), at boarding school. Sharon Theodopolopodous (Quirke) is unhappily married to the lazy Chris (David Cardy, then Peter Polycarpou) and has a cheap council flat and a job in a supermarket. However, Darryl's business isn't as successful as he makes out and he and Chris are arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to twelve years in prison. Tracey feels unable to cope on her own so Sharon, partly to comfort her and partly to get away from her own miserable life, moves in with her. The two spend their days adjusting to life without husbands, trying to earn money and taking the mick out of their snobby, over-sexed neighbour, Dorien Green (Joseph), who is forever having affairs behind the back of her accountant husband, Marcus (Nickolas Grace).

* {{Pun}}: Often dropped by Sharon. For example, while playing Monopoly in "The Beautiful Game", she referred to "Dorien's Boobs, also known as The Community Chest.".

* RunningGag: Dorien initially claiming she is doing something entirely of her own free will, such as having breast implants or giving away lots of money to charity, then revealing she is doing it to beat her Frenemy Melanie Fishman at something.

A BritCom starring RealLife best friends Creator/LindaRobson and Creator/PaulineQuirke as sisters with Lesley Joseph as their flamboyant man-eater of a friend/neighbour.

A BritCom starring RealLife best friends Creator/LindaRobson and Pauline Quirke as sisters with Lesley Joseph as their flamboyant man-eater of a friend/neighbour.

* ActorAllusion: In the opening scene of the episode "Tattoo You", Tracey and Sharon are watching a murder mystery show on TV where a body is discovered on a beach next to a burning boat. Pauline Quirke, who plays Sharon, appeared in ''Series/{{Broadchurch}}'', an 8-part television series that aired in the UK, about the murder of a young boy whose body was discovered on a beach near a boat that had been set on fire.

* ScreenToStageAdaptation: The show was adapted for the stage in 2012 by The Comedy Theatre Company, with the original actors reprising their roles (alongside Pauline Quirke and Creator/LindaRobson's real-life children playing Travis).

A BritCom starring RealLife best friends Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke as sisters with Lesley Joseph as their flamboyant man-eater of a friend/neighbour.

* ScreenToStageAdaptation: The show was adapted for the stage in 2012 by The Comedy Theatre Company, with the original actors reprising their roles (alongside Quirke and Robson's real-life children playing Travis).

* Hypocritical Humour: In Series 9 episode "Mummies and Daddies", Tracey chastises Sharon by saying, "you can be so vulgar sometimes. It really gets on my tits".

Tracey Stubbs (Robson) is HappilyMarried to successful builder Darryl Stubbs (Alun Lewis, then Douglas [=McFerran=]) and has a big house, plenty of money and a son, Garth (Simon Nash, then Matthew Savage), at boarding school. Sharon Theodopolopodous (Quirke) is unhappily married to the lazy Chris (David Cardy, then Peter Polycarpau) and has a cheap council flat and a job in a supermarket. However, Darryl's business isn't as successful as he makes out and he and Chris are arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to twelve years in prison. Tracey feels unable to cope on her own so Sharon, partly to comfort her and partly to get away from her own miserable life, moves in with her. The two spend their days adjusting to life without husbands, trying to earn money and taking the mick out of their snobby, over-sexed neighbour, Dorien Green (Joseph), who is forever having affairs behind the back of her accountant husband, Marcus (Nickolas Grace).

** In the Series 7 episode "Nearest and Dearest", Sharon pretends to be attending a funeral in order to get away from a day out planned by Dorien. Eventually, Dorien invites herself to attend the funeral with Sharon at a hippy gathering where neither of them knows anyone there.
** Later on, the in Series 12 episode "Knocking On Heaven's Door", Darryl dies and, just before the funeral, Dorien has sex with a man at the back of the hearse, with the horse running away in response to a loose gunshot.

* AffectionateNickname: Each of the main characters has an affectionate nickname used by the others, normally a shortened variation of their actual name. Sharon has "Shal", Tracey has "Trace", Dorien has "Dor", and Garth is usually "Garthie".

* AgeInsecurity: It's a bit of a minor gag with Dorien that she lies about her real age to the girls, partially out of embarrassment over the fact that she is aging and partially out of vanity. For instance, "Nearest and Dearest" has her clearly about to tell Sharon that she tries to keep on the right side of 50 but, realizing what she's about to say, she amends it to say the right side of 40 instead. Meanwhile, "Forever Young" suggests that she's edited her Website/{{Wikipedia}} page so that it claims that she's only 37, even though she's now closer to 70.

* BigDamnHeroes: Dorien returns to save Tracey and Sharon from the parking garage they were trapped in on "Sunday" (Although she did find an exit hours ago and just didn't tell them because she wanted to have a bath).

* PerverseSexualLust: According to "Tattoo You", Dorian is quite partial to the Creator/BenedictCumberbatch version of Series/{{Sherlock}}.

* ForeignRemake: ''Stand By Your Man'', a short-lived American remake starring Creator/RosieODonnell that ran in 1992.

A BritCom starring RealLife best friends Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke as sisters Tracey and Sharon with Lesley Joseph as their friend and neighbour, the flamboyant man-eater Dorien Green.

Tracey is HappilyMarried to successful builder Darryl Stubbs and has a big house, plenty of money and a son at boarding school. Sharon is unhappily married to the lazy Chris Theodopolopodous and has a cheap council flat and a job in a supermarket. However, Darryl's business isn't as successful as he makes out and he and Chris are arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to twelve years in prison. Tracey feels unable to cope on her own so Sharon, partly to comfort her and partly to get away from her own miserable life, moves in with her.

The original series aired on Creator/TheBBC from 1989 to 1998. A new series started on Creator/{{ITV}} in 2014, 16 years after the "final" episode. This starts off with Sharon back in her council flat, but [[StatusQuoIsGod events conspire]] to bring her back to Chigwell. This lasted for three series (2014-2016) followed by two Christmas specials, one in 2017 and a further one in 2020 (without Quirke, who'd taken a hiatus from acting to concentrate on her performing arts academy). The series was permanently cancelled after the 2020 special.

!!This show contains examples of:

** The episode titles of Series 10 are references to Music/TheRollingStones songs.