The Liver Birds is a British sitcom set in the city of Liverpool, in the north-west of England, which aired on BBC1 from 1969 to 1978, and again in 1996. It was created by Carla Lane and Myra Taylor. These two Liverpudlian writers had met at a local writers club and decided to pool their talents. Having been invited to London by Michael Mills and asked to write about two young women sharing a flat, Mills brought in sitcom expert Sydney Lotterby to work with the writing team. Lotterby had previously worked with Eric Sykes, Sheila Hancock and on The Likely Lads. Carla Lane in fact wrote most of the episodes, Taylor co-writing only the first two series. The pilot was shown as an episode of Comedy Playhouse, the BBC's breeding ground for sitcoms, in April 1969.
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Nerys Hughes
Sandra Hutchinson
Polly James
Beryl Hennessey
Mollie Sugden
Mrs Hutchinson
Michael Angelis
Lucien
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4 episodes • 1969
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Potent Perfume | Jul 25, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Photographer | Aug 1, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Aristocracy And Crime | Aug 8, 1969 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Torremolinos, Costa Del Sol Or Southport? | Aug 15, 1969 | 0.0 |
12 episodes • 1971
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Wedding | Jan 7, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Look Before You Leap | Jan 14, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Housekeeping | Jan 21, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Proposal | Jan 28, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Good Samaritans | Feb 4, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Three’s A Crowd | Feb 11, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The New Neighbour | Feb 18, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The New Flat | Feb 25, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 9 | The Dog | Mar 4, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Grandad | Mar 11, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Mother’s Day | Mar 18, 1971 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Promotion | Mar 25, 1971 | 0.0 |
13 episodes • 1972
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One's a Crowd | Feb 11, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Birds on the Dole | Feb 18, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Good Little Girls Should Be in Bed | Feb 25, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Birds on Strike | Mar 3, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Fella-A-Day Girl | Mar 10, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Birds and Bottom Drawers | Mar 17, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Christening | Mar 24, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Birds on Horseback | Mar 31, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Valentine's Day | Apr 7, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Birds in the Club | Apr 14, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Driving Test | Apr 21, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Liverpool or Everton | Apr 28, 1972 | 0.0 |
| 13 | The Parrot | May 5, 1972 | 0.0 |
13 episodes • 1974
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anybody Here Seen Thingy? | Jan 2, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Friends at First Sight | Jan 9, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Life Is Just a Bowl of Sugar | Jan 16, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Where's Beryl? | Jan 23, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Girl Saturday | Jan 30, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Pack Up Your Troubles | Feb 6, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Have Hen Will Travel | Feb 13, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Love Is | Feb 20, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Anyone for Freedom | Feb 27, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Follow That Ring | Mar 6, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 11 | The Bride Went That-A 'Way | Mar 13, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Let Sleeping Dogs Lie | Mar 20, 1974 | 0.0 |
| 13 | And Then There Was One | Mar 27, 1974 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 1975
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It Takes All Kinds | Sep 5, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Look After the Children... | Sep 12, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 3 | You've Got to Laugh... | Sep 19, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Love Is a Many Stupid Thing | Sep 26, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Dinner for Three | Oct 3, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Lily and the Dandelion | Oct 10, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Everybody Is Beautiful | Oct 17, 1975 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Special: In Every Street | Oct 24, 1975 | 0.0 |
5 episodes • 1976
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Facing Up to Life | Feb 13, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Maypole | Feb 20, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Honey | Feb 27, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Never-Ending End | Mar 5, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Badgers and Otters | Mar 12, 1976 | 0.0 |
9 episodes • 1976
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friends and Lovers | Oct 17, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 2 | She Dreams a Lot | Oct 24, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 3 | A Mark on the World | Oct 31, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Love 'Em: And Almost Leave 'Em | Nov 7, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Oh, the Shame of It | Nov 14, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Cry Please | Nov 21, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Nearly Hat | Nov 28, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Yellow and Green Make Blue | Dec 5, 1976 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Special: It Insists on Coming Once a Year | Dec 12, 1976 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 1977
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Something Beginning | Sep 23, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Flower-Picker | Sep 30, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 3 | You've No Idea What I've Been Through | Oct 7, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 4 | God Bless Us and Save Us | Oct 14, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 5 | They Decide Up There What Goes on Down Here | Oct 21, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Edge | Oct 28, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Struggle | Nov 4, 1977 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Special: Open Your Eyes... and It Still Hasn't Gone | Nov 11, 1977 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 1978
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There’s no place like away from home | Nov 28, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The sixth day | Dec 5, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Various kinds of old | Dec 12, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Weeds | Dec 19, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Somewhere to live some to love | Dec 26, 1978 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The best things in life are not free | Jan 2, 1979 | 0.0 |
7 episodes • 1996
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hello again | May 6, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Mrs Boswell comes to call | May 13, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Spare that tree! | May 20, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 4 | On the town | May 27, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Going into hospital | Jun 3, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Out of Hospital | Jun 10, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Moving Out | Jun 17, 1996 | 0.0 |
