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Birds of a Feather (1989)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
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Birds of a Feather is a British sitcom that was broadcast on BBC One from 1989 until 1998 and on ITV from 2013. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers.
The first episode sees sisters Tracey Stubbs and Sharon Theodopolopodos brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lived in an Edmonton council flat, moves into Tracey's expensive house in Chigwell, Essex. Their next-door neighbour, and later friend, Dorien Green is a middle-aged married woman who is constantly having affairs with younger men. In the later series the location is changed to Hainault. The series ended on Christmas Eve 1998 after a 9-year-run.
On 3 March 2009, the The Mirror reported that the classic sitcom was set for a return reporting that Lesley Joseph, Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson have all been asked by the team behind the sitcom to make another series. Quirke was reported as saying that they were up for the challenge if the writers came up with good ideas. After this speculation of a return in early 2009 nothing more was said. However, in July 2012 Lesley Joseph hinted that Birds of a Feather could return for another series following a successful stage tour.
Style:
sitcom, feel good, light hearted, slapstick
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, neighbor, armed robbery, marriage, female friendship, sisters, women, neighborhood, working class, social satire, fish out of water, middle class, domestic drama, sister sister relationship, suburbs, wife, husband, sister, single mother, profanity, british, affair, neighbor neighbor relationship, greek, love affair ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 1990s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sitcom, light hearted, semi serious and feel good films and TV series with plots about british humour, husband wife relationship, satire, marriage, neighbor, working class and family relations mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Birds of a Feather: George and Mildred (1976), Executive Stress (1986), After Henry (1988), In Sickness and in Health (1985), Two Doors Down (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, family comedy, situational comedy, light hearted
Audience:
adult
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
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Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, entertaining, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
married couple, neighbor, couples, male female relationship, marital problem, relationship problems, satire, relationships, couple relations, husband wife relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship, lifestyle ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Fresh Fields is a British situation comedy written by John T. Chapman and produced by Thames Television for ITV between 7 March 1984 and 23 October 1986. A ratings success at the time, the show is well remembered for its opening titles featuring a ...
Style:
sitcom
Plot:
housewife, neighbor, middle class, accountant, education, cooking, suburbs, middle aged, couples, husband wife relationship, marriage, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
london, england
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50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, slapstick, light hearted, humorous, controversial
Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, light hearted, slapstick, period piece, semi serious ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
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Style:
sitcom, semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
couples, aging, friendship, couple relations, friends, uninvited guest, elderly, friend, retirement, british, small town, marriage ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, light hearted, feel good, period piece
Plot:
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Similarity:
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Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, satirical, feel good, semi serious, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, situational comedy, family comedy, light hearted ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA, Dominican Republic
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sitcom, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 70 min.
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Audience:
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sitcom, light hearted, feel good, slapstick
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humorous, sitcom, family comedy, satirical, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
sitcom, game show, hilarious, funny, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Audience:
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Country: UK
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sitcom, semi serious, satirical, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
britain, london
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Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, family comedy, light hearted, period piece, retro ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
london
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35%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Country: USA
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Audience:
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Time:
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35%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, family comedy, lighthearted, slapstick, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
newspaper columnist, suburban life, suburbs, parenting, kids and family, everyday life, middle class, marriage, satire, social satire, media, couple relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
miami, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, light hearted, rom com, retro ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london
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32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, talky, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s, 2010s ...
Place:
northern england, england, united kingdom, yorkshire, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Bulgaria
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
sitcom, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
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Time:
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