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Birds of a Feather

1989–201613 Seasons129 Episodes
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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.

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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.

Network / Platform
BBC One
First Aired
16/Oct/1989
Language
English
Schedule
Thursday · 20:30

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S12 E8Forever Young25/Feb/2016 • 22m
S12 E7Blonde on Blonde18/Feb/2016 • 22m
S12 E6Abandoned Love11/Feb/2016 • 22m
S12 E5Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You04/Feb/2016 • 22m
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Binge Meter48%Slow Burn
Episode PulseQuiet40% activity
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Season 120 / 8 watched
S12 E1Knocking on Heaven's Door07/Jan/2016 • 22m
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S12 E2Too Much of Nothing14/Jan/2016 • 22m
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S12 E3Tombstone Blues21/Jan/2016 • 22m
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S12 E4Going, Going, Gone28/Jan/2016 • 22m
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S12 E5Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You04/Feb/2016 • 22m
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S12 E6Abandoned Love11/Feb/2016 • 22m
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S12 E7Blonde on Blonde18/Feb/2016 • 22m
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S12 E8Forever Young25/Feb/2016 • 22m
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Season 110 / 8 watched
S11 E1Birds on a Plane26/Dec/2014 • 22m
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S11 E2There's Something About Sharon01/Jan/2015 • 22m
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S11 E3Guess Who's Coming to Essex?08/Jan/2015 • 22m
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S11 E4The Girls with the Pearl Buttons15/Jan/2015 • 22m
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S11 E5Tracey's Choice22/Jan/2015 • 22m
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S11 E6The Chef, the Cook, His Mum and Her Lodger29/Jan/2015 • 22m
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S11 E7Without a Trace05/Feb/2015 • 22m
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S11 E8Spa Wars12/Feb/2015 • 22m
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Season 100 / 8 watched
S10 E1Gimme Shelter02/Jan/2014 • 22m
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S10 E2Slave09/Jan/2014 • 22m
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S10 E3Hot Stuff16/Jan/2014 • 22m
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S10 E4Hearts for Sale23/Jan/2014 • 22m
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S10 E5Tattoo You30/Jan/2014 • 22m
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S10 E6Blinded by Love06/Feb/2014 • 22m
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S10 E7Back to Zero13/Feb/2014 • 22m
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S10 E8You Can't Always Get What You Want06/Mar/2014 • 22m
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Season 90 / 6 watched
S9 E1Ghost16/Nov/1998 • 30m
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S9 E2Mummies and Daddies23/Nov/1998 • 30m
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S9 E3Sunday30/Nov/1998 • 30m
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S9 E4Model07/Dec/1998 • 30m
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S9 E5Nuptials14/Dec/1998 • 30m
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S9 E6Holy Ground24/Dec/1998 • 40m
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Season 80 / 6 watched
S8 E1Trouble and Strife05/Jan/1998 • 30m
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S8 E2The Essex Patient12/Jan/1998 • 30m
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S8 E3Maids of Ongar19/Jan/1998 • 30m
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S8 E4Baggage26/Jan/1998 • 30m
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S8 E5Can't Judge a Book02/Feb/1998 • 30m
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S8 E6Money09/Feb/1998 • 30m
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Season 70 / 11 watched
S7 E1Stand by Your Man26/Mar/1997 • 30m
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S7 E2Nearest and Dearest02/Jun/1997 • 30m
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S7 E3Cheers09/Jun/1997 • 30m
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S7 E4Relative Strangers16/Jun/1997 • 30m
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S7 E5Porridge23/Jun/1997 • 30m
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S7 E6Rising Damp30/Jun/1997 • 30m
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S7 E7Three Up, Two Down07/Jul/1997 • 30m
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S7 E8Are You Being Served?14/Jul/1997 • 30m
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S7 E9Never the Twain21/Jul/1997 • 30m
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S7 E10Three's Company28/Jul/1997 • 30m
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S7 E11Reservoir Birds27/Dec/1997 • 50m
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Season 60 / 15 watched
S6 E1Not in My Backyard18/Sep/1994 • 30m
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S6 E2Mrs Robinson25/Sep/1993 • 30m
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S6 E3First Time Caller02/Oct/1994 • 30m
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S6 E4Compulsion09/Oct/1994 • 30m
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S6 E5All Day and All of the Night16/Oct/1994 • 30m
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S6 E6Appreciation Society23/Oct/1994 • 30m
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S6 E7Moving30/Oct/1994 • 30m
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S6 E8Out06/Nov/1994 • 30m
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S6 E9In at the Deep End13/Nov/1994 • 30m
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S6 E10Buisness is Buisness20/Nov/1994 • 30m
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S6 E11Puppy Love27/Nov/1994 • 30m
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S6 E12Still Waters Run Deep04/Dec/1994 • 30m
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S6 E13On the Glass11/Dec/1994 • 30m
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S6 E14Christmas in Dreamland24/Dec/1994 • 50m
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S6 E15The Chigwell Years18/Dec/1996 • 30m
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Season 50 / 14 watched
S5 E1High Fidelity05/Sep/1993 • 30m
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S5 E2Bang12/Sep/1993 • 30m
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S5 E3Non-Starter19/Sep/1993 • 30m
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S5 E4Absent Friends26/Sep/1993 • 30m
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S5 E5Suspicious Minds03/Oct/1993 • 30m
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S5 E6Dead Loss10/Oct/1993 • 30m
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S5 E7A Brush with the Law17/Oct/1993 • 30m
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S5 E8Mind Over Matter24/Oct/1993 • 30m
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S5 E9East Side Story31/Oct/1993 • 30m
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S5 E10Find the Lady07/Nov/1993 • 30m
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S5 E11An Inspector Stays14/Nov/1993 • 30m
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S5 E12All Gone Pear Shaped21/Nov/1993 • 30m
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S5 E13A Beautiful Game28/Nov/1993 • 30m
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S5 E14It Happened in Hollywood25/Dec/1993 • 60m
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Season 40 / 14 watched
S4 E1Breadwinner13/Sep/1992 • 30m
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S4 E2Food for Thought20/Sep/1992 • 30m
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S4 E3Commitments27/Sep/1992 • 30m
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S4 E4Wipe That Smile Off Your Tape04/Oct/1992 • 30m
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S4 E5Caring11/Oct/1992 • 30m
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S4 E6Nine and a Half Days11/Oct/1992 • 30m
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S4 E7Belongings25/Oct/1992 • 30m
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S4 E8Hungry for Love01/Nov/1992 • 30m
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S4 E9Time and Tides08/Nov/1992 • 30m
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S4 E10Sisters Are Doing It...15/Nov/1992 • 30m
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S4 E11The Front22/Nov/1992 • 30m
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S4 E12Okey-Cokey-Karaoke29/Nov/1992 • 30m
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S4 E13Loyalty29/Nov/1992 • 30m
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S4 E14The Chigwell Connection25/Dec/1992 • 50m
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Season 30 / 13 watched
S3 E1Keeping Up Appearances31/Aug/1991 • 30m
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S3 E2Tinker, Tailor07/Sep/1991 • 30m
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S3 E3Baby Come Back14/Sep/1991 • 30m
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S3 E4Just Family21/Sep/1991 • 30m
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S3 E5Confidence28/Sep/1991 • 30m
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S3 E6The Lost Weekend05/Oct/1991 • 30m
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S3 E7History12/Oct/1991 • 30m
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S3 E8Poetic Justice19/Oct/1991 • 30m
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S3 E9Favour of the Month26/Oct/1991 • 30m
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S3 E10Cuckoo02/Nov/1991 • 30m
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S3 E11Schooling09/Nov/1991 • 30m
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S3 E12Business16/Nov/1991 • 30m
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S3 E13We'll Always Have Majorca25/Dec/1991 • 50m
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Season 20 / 16 watched
S2 E1Getting a Grip06/Sep/1990 • 30m
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S2 E2Sweet Smell of Success13/Sep/1990 • 30m
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S2 E3Young Guns20/Sep/1990 • 30m
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S2 E4Muesli27/Sep/1990 • 30m
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S2 E5Keep Off the Grass04/Oct/1990 • 30m
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S2 E6Mice11/Oct/1990 • 30m
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S2 E7Brief Encounter18/Oct/1990 • 30m
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S2 E8You Pays Yer Money25/Oct/1990 • 30m
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S2 E9Trust01/Nov/1990 • 30m
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S2 E10Thirty Something08/Nov/1990 • 30m
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S2 E11Love on the Run15/Nov/1990 • 30m
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S2 E12Old Friends22/Nov/1990 • 30m
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S2 E13Parting29/Nov/1990 • 30m
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S2 E14Jobs for the Girls06/Dec/1990 • 30m
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S2 E15Someone Else's Baby13/Dec/1990 • 30m
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S2 E16Falling in Love Again25/Dec/1990 • 75m
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Season 10 / 7 watched
S1 E1Nicked16/Oct/1989 • 30m
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S1 E2Just Visiting23/Oct/1989 • 30m
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S1 E3Shift!30/Oct/1989 • 30m
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S1 E4Women's Troubles06/Nov/1989 • 30m
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S1 E5Cheat!13/Nov/1989 • 30m
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S1 E6Substitute20/Nov/1989 • 30m
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S1 E7Sailing26/Dec/1989 • 30m
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Season 00 / 3 watched
S0 E1There's a Girl in My Souk24/Dec/2016 • 45m
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S0 E2The House for the Rising Sons18/Dec/2017 • 45m
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S0 E3We Gotta Get Out of This Place24/Dec/2020 • 30m
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Status
Ended
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
30 min
External
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Full cast and crew
Pauline QuirkeSharon TheodopolopodosLinda RobsonTracey StubbsLesley JosephDorien GreenCharlie QuirkeTravis StubbsRupert VansittartWayneDavid EmanuelDavid EmanuelRay WinstoneMalcolmRonan VibertMartinGeorge HamiltonSelfGeorge WendtHimselfJamie GloverRichardBarry JacksonGeorgeRoss KempDetective Inspector MonkEamonn WalkerColinJamie ForemanAlan FordPrison OfficerMartin KempPeter VaughanMontyJudy CornwellJill HalfpennyBrittanyColin MacePrison OfficerBryan LawrenceDet. Sgt. ColtraneJune PageRoseCatherine ClarkeDoraBaz TaylorDirectorCharlie HansonDirectorGeoffrey SaxDirectorHugh ThomasDirectorNic PhillipsDirectorSue ByshDirectorTerry KinaneDirectorTony DowDirectorJohn JarvisEditorPhil MossEditorAllan McKeownProducerBrian BennettOriginal Music ComposerAlun LewisWriterDamon Alexis-RochefortWriterDave RobinsonWriterFrankie BaileyWriterGary HoweWriterGary LawsonWriter
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