Cathardincu
Surprisingly incoherent and boring
BootDigest
Such a frustrating disappointment
Taraparain
Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.
studioAT
Thanks to new Freeview channel 'Drama' this 90's sitcom can be seen by a whole new audience and with over 9 series worth of episodes to show it is a pretty safe way for them to fill their schedules.I can only compare this show to another penned by Marks and Gran (and later farmed out to other writers) 'Goodnight Sweetheart' in the sense that while the leads give good performances they are often let down by dull plots and poor writing when it is not Marks and Gran in control. At times the jokes are slow coming that you can think of the punch lines before they are spoken and like many a sitcom before it 'Birds' should've ended long before it did.Though saying that, after a successful stage run it looks like the show is returning to ITV in 2014 so perhaps the birds are going to fly again. Hopefully with a few more laughs.
maz underscore
I remember watching Birds of a Feather years ago with my Dad; I loved it then and I still do. It shows on cable here in Australia and sometimes on late night ABC.The characters of this show are what keep it going; Linda Robson and Pauline Quirke are brilliant and believable as sisters Tracy and Sharon and Leslie Joseph is hilarious as their aging man eating neighbor, Dorian.Not only interesting and funny, but the plot is filled with sentiment. The friendship between Sharon and Dorian is probably the funniest. But it's also very nice to see them helping each other sometimes too. This show is hilarious and the characters are original and believable. I could watch this series over and over again.HURRY UP AND RELEASE IT ON DVD!!!
smck_82uk
Birds of a feather was a great sitcom which is very underrated. It ran for 9 years & over 100 episodes yet only one DVD has been released so far. Best actress by far was Pauline Quirke whom was born to play Sharon (I disagree completely with the user above who says she was the worst) Linda & Lesley were also great Lesley especially in support. The best of 'Birds of a Feather' was the first 6 series with the original actors playing Darryl & Chris, their replacements are nowhere near as good (although Chris's replacement actyally played Chris first ironically). Classic episodes such as Dorien singing Madonna's 'Like a Virgin' & Sharon & Tracey going to LA thinking George Hamilton is a relative make this a show to remember & be watched by new generations.I hope the whole series is released to DVD soon!
Davcat
This program was quite funny when it first came out, and remained so for the first couple of seasons. Two working class London girls, largely uneducated, placed in a firmly middle class geographic area, via the laundered stolen money from their bank robber (oh - ho-ho!!) husbands - now in jail. Add to this a snobby, middle aged female neighbour, who is bordering on nymphomania, and the formula is born. The ideas ran out long ago, but the program still goes on...mostly through interminable re-runs. Let's bury this sit-com right noy! - it is outdated, class war rubbish. Amen.
