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The Best Episodes of Birds of a Feather Season 4

Every episode of Birds of a Feather Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Birds of a Feather Season 4!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 1 - Breadwinner
    7.5/10(37 votes)

    #1 - Breadwinner

    S4:E1

    With the café doing great business, Sharon's in the money, but Tracey is unhappy at being a kept woman.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writers:John Phelps, Gary Lawson

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  2. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 2 - Food for Thought
    7.5/10(34 votes)

    #2 - Food for Thought

    S4:E2

    Tracey disapproves of Garth's decision to enrol at catering college.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Sue Teddern

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  3. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 3 - Commitments
    7.6/10(33 votes)

    #3 - Commitments

    S4:E3

    Sharon's husband Chris wants to dump her for another woman, and take the café away from her. Meanwhile, Dorien is leaving her husband and everything she owns for the youthful charms of lusty Luke. But how will she cope in his sleazy flat in Walthamstow?

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Sue Teddern

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  4. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 4 - Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape
    7.2/10(37 votes)

    #4 - Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape

    S4:E4

    Sharon wants a man and submits a video tape of herself to a video dating agency. She meets laddish Mike,who takes her to a Rolling Stones concert and claims to know all the big names in rock but is exposed by Garth. Tracey thinks Sharon would be better off with shy,stammering Jimmy and organizes a meeting but she had forgotten that Dorien had also submitted a tape.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Miles Tredinnick

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  5. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 5 - Caring
    7.6/10(32 votes)

    #5 - Caring

    S4:E5

    Auntie Sylvie,just out of hospital,comes to convalesce with Tracey and Sharon and proves to be very demanding,as well as encouraging Garth to buy a motor-bike against his mother's wishes. They consider putting her in a home but feel unable to go through with it though fortunately she has a mind of her own.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writers:John Phelps, Gary Lawson

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  6. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 6 - Nine and a Half Days
    7.2/10(30 votes)

    #6 - Nine and a Half Days

    S4:E6

    Sharon has a new man in her life, Gil, and this time it could be the real thing as far as she's concerned. The only trouble is that he wants her to move to Norfolk with him and Tracey is not happy. Oddly enough though it's Chris,who is having problems in prison, who persuades her to stay.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writers:Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran

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  7. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 7 - Belongings
    7.5/10(31 votes)

    #7 - Belongings

    S4:E7

    Fed up with her slobbish Greek customers, Sharon decides to make her cafe more upmarket and orders from a Jewish caterer suggested by Dorien. She is ostracized by the entire Greek community and the cafe looks like closing until she visits a Greek Orthodox priest who saves the day for her.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Geoff Rowley

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  8. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 8 - Hungry for Love
    6.9/10(34 votes)

    #8 - Hungry for Love

    S4:E8

    After Darryl comments that she has put on weight Tracey goes on a diet,suffering but losing ten pounds in the process, but when she goes back to see Darryl he is now worried she looks too alluring and needs her reassurance. Dorien cannot fathom why Brett,her hunky young builder,does not want sex with her and assumes he is gay but Sharon gets to find out otherwise.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Geoff Deane

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  9. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 9 - Time and Tides
    7.1/10(33 votes)

    #9 - Time and Tides

    S4:E9

    Dorien is depressed because she has reached the menopause but hormone replacement treatment soon puts the smile back on her face. Tracey is annoyed because she feels Darryl fails to give Garth sufficient praise but all is sorted out on a visit. But can Sharon and Chris' little problem, his infertility, be solved by adopting a Bulgarian orphan?

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Geoff Rowley

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  10. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 10 - Sisters Are Doing It...
    7.4/10(31 votes)

    #10 - Sisters Are Doing It...

    S4:E10

    Tracey's lecherous new boss is causing problems. Luckily, superwomen Sharon and Dorien are at hand.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Sue Teddern

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  11. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 11 - The Front
    7.4/10(37 votes)

    #11 - The Front

    S4:E11

    Dorien's life story, complete with steamy revelations, is about to go into print, and suddenly she's got cold feet. But can she persuade Sharon to impersonate her?

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Peter Tilbury

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  12. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 12 - Okey-Cokey-Karaoke
    7.8/10(40 votes)

    #12 - Okey-Cokey-Karaoke

    S4:E12

    Sharon and Tracey are desperate for a holiday, so a karaoke competition seems to be the ideal answer.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Geoff Deane

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  13. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 13 - Loyalty
    6.8/10(34 votes)

    #13 - Loyalty

    S4:E13

    Sharon needs eight grand up front when the landlords of her café want to increase the rent in line with her new lease. Tracey refuses to put her house up as collateral and Dorien, who has a few grand to dispose of for tax purposes, gives it to charity after Sharon insults her. Fortunately Sharon has confidence in herself as a business woman to meet the problem head on.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writers:John Phelps, Gary Lawson

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  14. Birds of a Feather Season 4 Episode 14 - The Chigwell Connection
    7.1/10(31 votes)

    #14 - The Chigwell Connection

    S4:E14

    When the case against Darryl's associate Trevor Mimms is thrown out of court due to unreliable evidence from Inspector Tatum - who arrested Darryl and Chris - the sisters wonder if their lads might have been fitted up by Tatum and start a campaign to free the Chigwell Two. Tracey goes on daytime TV and finds a lawyer to fight the case but she comes to realise that she may be kidding herself. Dorien is unsympathetic until Marcus is arrested as a suspected drugs baron. When Trevor gets sent down for another robbery the sisters realise the truth but he does give them a Christmas bonus,as do Tatum and,after Marcus' name is cleared, Dorien.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writers:Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran

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Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Breadwinner" is the best rated episode of "Birds of a Feather" season 4. It scored 7.5/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by Terry Kinane and written by John Phelps, Gary Lawson, it aired on 9/13/1992. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Food for Thought".