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  1. #1 Worst Episode
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    Birds of a Feather Season 7 Episode 11 - Reservoir Birds
    0.0/10(0 votes)

    #1 - Reservoir Birds

    S7:E11

    Sharon and Tracey are working at a casino and agree to take part in a publicity stunt in which Sharon 'appears' to win a million pounds. The sisters are unaware however that they have been set up as thieves by the owner.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:John Phelps, Gary Lawson

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  2. Birds of a Feather Season 9 Episode 6 - Holy Ground
    6.6/10(30 votes)

    #2 - Holy Ground

    S9:E6

    Sharon and Tracey receive a solicitor's letter from Ireland and, with Dorien also having business there, the three girls embark on what could be a very important journey.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Birds of a Feather Season 2 Episode 14 - Jobs for the Girls
    6.8/10(36 votes)

    #3 - Jobs for the Girls

    S2:E14

    In order to make money for Christmas, Sharon becomes a dog-walker and cat-sitter and soon comes up against stiff competition from Dorien's 13-year-old friend Adrian Gold. Meanwhile, Tracey becomes a typist and, after having problems with the typewriter, uses a word processor. She agrees to type up a manuscript for a novel that Dorien has written. Sharon later notices that Dorien's manuscript is largely copied from The French Lieutenant's Woman and Dorien admits she just wanted Sharon and Tracey to think she had a talent.

    Director:Sue Bysh
    Writer:Sue Teddern

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

    #4 - 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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  5. Birds of a Feather Season 5 Episode 1 - High Fidelity
    6.8/10(37 votes)

    #5 - High Fidelity

    S5:E1

    Sharon is looking for a man, but the one she likes is attracted to Tracey.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Jenny Lecoat

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  6. Birds of a Feather Season 6 Episode 9 - In at the Deep End
    6.8/10(36 votes)

    #6 - In at the Deep End

    S6:E9

    Sharon thinks installing a swimming pool will be easy, since she has a café full of builders.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writers:Tony Millan, Mike Walling

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

    #7 - 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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  8. Birds of a Feather Season 2 Episode 6 - Mice
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    #8 - Mice

    S2:E6

    Tracey is disgusted by the state of Sharon's bedroom and it also appears Sharon's poor levels of hygiene have spread throughout the house when Tracey discovers they have mice. After cleaning the house and buying poison, Sharon buys a cat, but it does not seem to have any effect. Eventually, Sharon rings pest control, who reveals that he has been at Dorien's house trying to get rid of a major mice infestation and the mice have come from her.

    Director:Charlie Hanson
    Writers:John Phelps, Gary Lawson

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  9. Birds of a Feather Season 2 Episode 12 - Old Friends
    7.0/10(33 votes)

    #9 - Old Friends

    S2:E12

    While out shopping, Tracey runs into Trish Taylor, her best friend from school and invites her to stay, as Trish has recently left her husband. Sharon feels left out and also worried that when Darryl gets out of prison, Tracey will make her move out. After taking Dorien's advice, Sharon goes out with Trish and they get on well. Meanwhile, Tracey is annoyed with both Sharon and Trish - Trish for constantly talking about the old days and Sharon for not cleaning a saucepan that has been in the sink for several days. Trish soon leaves and goes back to her husband.

    Director:Sue Bysh
    Writer:John Ross

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  10. Birds of a Feather Season 5 Episode 6 - Dead Loss
    7.0/10(36 votes)

    #10 - Dead Loss

    S5:E6

    A family tragedy wins Sharon's husband leave from prison—but he takes the opportunity to do a runner.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Geoff Rowley

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  11. Birds of a Feather Season 5 Episode 12 - All Gone Pear Shaped
    7.0/10(37 votes)

    #11 - All Gone Pear Shaped

    S5:E12

    Sharon faces a crisis in her relationship with Colin, Tracey has a new friend, and Dorien feels left out. In Chigwell, feathers are ruffled.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Sue Teddern

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  12. Birds of a Feather Season 11 Episode 1 - Birds on a Plane
    7.0/10(34 votes)

    #12 - Birds on a Plane

    S11:E1

    Dorien is treating Sharon and Tracey to a Christmas trip to the Canaries, but will it be plane sailing?

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Birds of a Feather Season 3 Episode 3 - Baby Come Back
    7.1/10(34 votes)

    #13 - Baby Come Back

    S3:E3

    Sharon 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.

    Director:Nic Phillips
    Writer:Sue Teddern

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

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

    #15 - 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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  16. Birds of a Feather Season 5 Episode 13 - A Beautiful Game
    7.1/10(35 votes)

    #16 - A Beautiful Game

    S5:E13

    Tracey manages a boys' football team, while Dorien finds a psychic who will change her life. In the end, the two worlds collide.

    Director:Charlie Hanson
    Writer:Geoff Deane

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  17. Birds of a Feather Season 6 Episode 7 - Moving
    7.1/10(34 votes)

    #17 - Moving

    S6:E7

    Tracey considers a move to the country, as Garth settles into the flat above the café.

    Director:Charlie Hanson
    Writers:John Phelps, Gary Lawson

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  18. Birds of a Feather Season 2 Episode 4 - Muesli
    7.2/10(35 votes)

    #18 - Muesli

    S2:E4

    The release of a fellow inmate plunges Darryl into depression. The anguish rubs off on Tracey, who decides that in an attempt to understand what Darryl is going through, she will live like a prisoner for the weekend. Sharon decides to join her and they set up the spare bedroom like a prison cell. When Dorien gets locked out of the house while Marcus is away, she stays at Tracey and Sharon's and acts like a prison officer. On Sunday, Dorien returns to her house to find that it has been burgled and forgets to unlock Tracey and Sharon. After a short while, they climb out of the window and throw roof tiles in an attempt to get Dorien's attention. However, when one tile ends up going through the car of a police officer investigating Dorien's burglary, they end up in a real prison cell. Meanwhile, Darryl's cell mate, Gary, cheers him up by trying to relive how Darryl spent his weekends before being sent to prison.

    Director:Charlie Hanson
    Writers:Dave Robinson, Steve Coombes

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  19. Birds of a Feather Season 2 Episode 15 - Someone Else's Baby
    7.2/10(32 votes)

    #19 - Someone Else's Baby

    S2:E15

    With the Antiques Roadshow coming to Chigwell, Sharon, Dorien and Tracey go into Tracey and Sharon's loft. Sharon discovers some letters written by her mother suggesting either she or Tracey were adopted. After some arguing between Sharon and Tracey, Sharon invites round their mother's sister, Auntie Sylvie, who finally tells them that they were both adopted but they are still biological sisters. Meanwhile, Dorien goes to the Antiques Roadshow with a family heirloom, but to her horror discovers the Russian Empire vase is in fact a mid-20th century East End fake.

    Director:Charlie Hanson
    Writer:Frankie Bailey

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  20. Birds of a Feather Season 3 Episode 10 - Cuckoo
    7.2/10(33 votes)

    #20 - Cuckoo

    S3:E10

    Sharon'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.

    Director:Charlie Hanson
    Writer:Peter Tilbury

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

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

    #22 - 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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  23. Birds of a Feather Season 5 Episode 7 - A Brush with the Law
    7.2/10(35 votes)

    #23 - A Brush with the Law

    S5:E7

    At last it seems as if Sharon has found romance, but the path of true love is rocky. For Tracey, a business venture with Dorien has its own hazards.

    Director:Terry Kinane
    Writer:Sue Teddern

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  24. Birds of a Feather Season 6 Episode 1 - Not in My Backyard
    7.2/10(34 votes)

    #24 - Not in My Backyard

    S6:E1

    Someone famous is moving to Chigwell. She's guarded by heavies, and her children are called Harry and William. It's no wonder Tracey, Sharon, and Dorien draw the obvious conclusions.

    Director:Charlie Hanson
    Writers:Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran

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  25. Birds of a Feather Season 1 Episode 2 - Just Visiting
    7.3/10(47 votes)

    #25 - Just Visiting

    S1:E2

    While Sharon is ecstatic that her no-good husband Chris has been sent to prison, Tracey is desperately missing her beloved Darryl and is on tranquilizers. Now she faces another hurdle - trying to find a way to tell her son, Garth, that his father is in prison.

    Director:Tony Dow
    Writers:Laurence Marks, Maurice Gran

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Worst Episodes Summary

"Reservoir Birds" is the worst rated episode of "Birds of a Feather". It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by John Phelps, Gary Lawson, it aired on 12/27/1997. This episode scored 6.6 points lower than the second lowest rated, "Holy Ground".