8.9/1037 votesLoading...#1 - Forever Young
Season 12 Episode 8 - Aired 2/25/2016
Sharon and Tracey suspect that Dorien is fast approaching “The Big Seven 0”, and decide that, whether she likes it or not, the event calls for celebration.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.4/1029 votesLoading...
#2 - Abandoned Love
Season 12 Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2016
A surprise visitor in the form of the attractive Emma turns up at Tracey’s house. Sharon’s suspicious, Tracey is welcoming, and Dorien is shocked to the core. Travis, on the other hand, is over the moon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1035 votesLoading...
#3 - Knocking on Heaven’s Door
Season 12 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2016
Tracey’s ex-husband dies and she has to decide what kind of a send-off to give him. Sharon wants the funeral to be right for her boys, Dorien’s got the perfect outfit, and Chigwell’s criminal fraternity want to make it extra special.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/1032 votesLoading...
#4 - Too Much of Nothing
Season 12 Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2016
Tracey’s house has been burgled during Darryl’s funeral. The family decide it’s up to them to track down their possessions and set out on a trail involving a snooker club, a pawnbroker and the infamous Theydon Boys drag club.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1056 votesLoading...
#5 - Gimme Shelter
Season 10 Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2014
Mouthy Sharon’s living in an Edmonton tower block and is clearly down on her luck, her older sister Tracey’s still living in Chigwell with son Travis, while man-eating Dorien has repackaged herself as Foxy Cohen, author of the sex blockbuster Sixty Shades of Green.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/1030 votesLoading...
#6 - Tonight I’ll Be Staying Here With You
Season 12 Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2016
Auntie Vera’s got problems with her hips and her block’s defective lifts and tells Sharon and Tracey she’s moving in with them. But Tracey’s only got one room available: it’s Dorien’s… and Dorien is dismayed to be told that family comes first.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/1029 votesLoading...
#7 - Blonde on Blonde
Season 12 Episode 7 - Aired 2/18/2016
Travis has serious school news that he’s scared to break to his mum. Sharon decides she’ll pass herself off as Tracey and sort out his problems, but her efforts land the family in a mess that only arch-seducer Dorien can get them out of.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/1030 votesLoading...#8 - Just Family
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 9/21/1991
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 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.
Director: Nic Phillips
Writer: Geoff Rowley
7.9/1033 votesLoading...#9 - It Happened in Hollywood
Season 5 Episode 14 - Aired 12/25/1993
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 they sneak onto the backlot of George's new movie.
Director: Charlie Hanson
Writer: Geoff Deane
7.9/1026 votesLoading...#10 - Nuptials
Season 9 Episode 5 - Aired 12/14/1998
The day of Garth's wedding arrives, and Sharon finds herself having to adopt an unfamiliar role.
Director: Terry Kinane, Hugh Thomas
Writer: Gary Lawson, John Phelps
- 7.9/1040 votesLoading...
#11 - Slave
Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/2014
Now that Sharon has given up work, Tracey is the only one in the house bringing in a wage, and it's not nearly enough to pay the bills, so Dorien kindly offers to dip into her savings to help out. However, when she calls the bank it emerges every penny she had has been spent on legal fees. In desperation, the sisters take their old friend to a car-boot sale and sell her beloved collection of designer clothes, right down to the shoes on her feet - which are snapped up by former TOWIE star Amy Childs.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1032 votesLoading...
#12 - You Can't Always Get What You Want
Season 10 Episode 8 - Aired 3/6/2014
Sharon and Tracey get a glimpse of a possible future when they see two elderly sisters in the supermarket and it worries them. Dorien's court case comes to a conclusion – but what will the verdict be?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1029 votesLoading...
#13 - Without a Trace
Season 11 Episode 7 - Aired 2/5/2015
Sharon plans to take Tracey and Dorien on a 70s weekend but whilst the trio are out buying clothes, Dorien spots a malignant mole on Tracey's back and insists she sees the doctor. Tracey wants to keep any bad news away from her sister but Sharon finds out anyway. Then Tracey's biopsy result arrives.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/1027 votesLoading...
#14 - Tombstone Blues
Season 12 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2016
Sharon’s disapproval of Tracey dating policeman Barry and apparently overlooking Garth’s feelings for his dad lead to a major quarrel between the sisters. Is it one that Dorien, in her new role as Agony Aunt for GetA-Life Magazine, can solve?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.8/1028 votesLoading...#15 - We'll Always Have Majorca
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 12/25/1991
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 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.
Director: Nic Phillips
Writer: Peter Tilbury
- 7.8/1033 votesLoading...
#16 - Tattoo You
Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/2014
Tracey has Botox injections and Travis gets a tattoo, but how will his mum react? Meanwhile, it looks as if Sharon might need a hearing aid.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/1029 votesLoading...
#17 - Going, Going, Gone
Season 12 Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2016
Tracey’s had enough of Dorien entertaining gentlemen callers and Sharon not bringing in a living wage, and throws them both out. Holed up in Sharon’s old bedsit, the two of them take a united stand…or do they?
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1042 votesLoading...#18 - Sailing
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/26/1989
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 just Tracey and him, thinking Garth would be on a school trip. Tracey decides to take Garth, annoying Sharon who wanted to go. When Garth telephones to say he will not be home for Christmas, Tracey refuses to go at all. However, Dorien devises a plan to get Tracey and Sharon to go on the cruise.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran
7.7/1034 votesLoading...#19 - Sweet Smell Of Success
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1990
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 need of money. However, when this proves unsuccessful, Tracey decides to sell Darryl’s Jaguar for money. When a prospective buyer comes to view it, he drives it away. Tracey is later told it has been repossessed as Darryl never kept up the payments. At the next prison visit, Darryl tells her he hid £25,000 in the car’s spare wheel. When Tracey tries to buy the car back, Dorien buys it first to save Tracey’s embarrassment at having the car repossessed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1037 votesLoading...#20 - Okey-Cokey-Karaoke
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 11/29/1992
Sharon and Tracey are desperate for a holiday, so a karaoke competition seems to be the ideal answer.
Director: Terry Kinane
Writer: Geoff Deane
7.7/1027 votesLoading...#21 - Puppy Love
Season 6 Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1994
There are surprises all around when Dorien and the sisters trace their first loves.
Director: Terry Kinane
Writer: Sue Teddern
7.7/1028 votesLoading...#22 - Still Waters Run Deep
Season 6 Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1994
Prospective client Monty Kray wants a pool installing - within days.
Director: Terry Kinane
Writer: Geoff Deane
7.7/1025 votesLoading...#23 - Rising Damp
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 6/30/1997
Tracey is anxious to make up for lost time, and heads out on the pull - but whatever happened to uncomplicated sex? While Garth is baffled by his mum's behaviour, Sharon gets on the TV to appeal for Chris's release, but ends up fighting the channel’s mascot - a man dressed as a dog.
Director: Baz Taylor
Writer: Sue Teddern
7.7/1026 votesLoading...#24 - Baggage
Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 1/26/1998
Sharon and Tracey attend a school reunion. Margie is still a bully, and Poxy Loxy is as leery as ever - though he does give Tracey a perfect chance to play a wicked prank. Meanwhile, Dorien meets someone from the past.
Director: Hugh Thomas
Writer: Geoff Rowley
7.7/1027 votesLoading...#25 - Ghost
Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 11/16/1998
The heavily pregnant Tracey is fed up with Sharon's slobbish habits - in particular her tendency to leave all the kitchen drawers open. But Sharon insists she didn't leave them like that, and when things start to go bump in the night, Tracey becomes convinced they're sharing the house with a poltergeist; thus, the girls and Dorien hold a seance.
Director: Terry Kinane
Writer: Geoff Rowley
The Best Episodes of Birds of a Feather
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Best Episodes Summary
"Forever Young" is the best rated episode of "Birds of a Feather". It scored 8.9/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/25/2016. This episode scored 0.5 points higher than the second highest rated, "Abandoned Love".