ITV series Birds of a Feather will never return to TV, we can reveal.The show’s writer Laurence Marks says he won’t pen any more episodes of the hit comedy.It means the Christmas special that aired in 2016 was its last ever outing.He told the Daily Star Sunday: “You move on.
I can’t imagine what more we could say. Also, the girls are very much older.“When we created Sharon and Tracey, they were kids in their 20s.
They had a whole sexual life in front of them and the show was all about sex. Now they’re women in their 60s, so it’s a different sort of series.”Birds of a Feather was a big hit with fans during almost three decades on the box.They loved seeing the antics of Sharon (Pauline Quirke), Tracey (Linda Robson) and Dorien (Lesley Joseph) in Chigwell, Essex.Laurence has fond memories of making the show with co-writer Maurice Gran.He said: “We couldn’t have imagined we were writing something that would last for 30 years.It was a national treasure.
People loved Sharon, Tracey and Dorien. And Dorien was a big hit with gay people.“She became a Judy Garland of television. That was brilliant.
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