Birds of a Feather: We Gotta Get Out of This Place


12:05 am - 12:45 am, Friday, December 26 on That's TV (56)

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We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Season 12, Episode 11

Christmas is just around the corner in Chigwell, and there are big changes in the women's lives. Dorien is now ruling the roost, having bought the house, and she and Tracey have been getting on each other's nerves. To make matters worse, Tracey is missing sister Sharon, who is stuck on a cruise ship in Costa Rica, and Dorien is up to her old tricks with a rich dentist. Does he know what he's getting himself into? Return of the comedy, starring Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, with Les Dennis and Ami Metcalf


Movie/Drama Sitcom

Cast & Crew

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Linda Robson (Actor) .. Tracey Stubbs
Lesley Joseph (Actor) .. Dorien Green
Les Dennis (Actor) .. Graeme
Ami Metcalf (Actor) .. Jordan
Curtis Walker (Actor) .. Romeo
Velile Tshabalala (Actor) .. Receptionist
Gary Lawson (Writer)
John Phelps (Writer)
Jon Rolph (Executive producer)

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Linda Robson (Actor) .. Tracey Stubbs
Born: March 13, 1958 in Islington
Best Known For: Playing Tracey in Birds of a Feather.
Early-life: Born Linda Patricia Mary Robson in Islington on March 13, 1958. She attended the fee-paying Anna Scher Theatre School. One of her early acting roles on TV was in a non-speaking part as young girl in 1976 BBC drama Survivors. In the same year, she appeared alongside Pauline Quirke for the first time in Pauline's Quirkes, a magazine-style show for teenagers.
Career: Robson's big break came in 1982 when she took on the part of Maggie in popular ITV comedy drama Shine on Harvey Moon. She reprised the role in 1995 in a revived version of the series. She also appeared in IRA drama Harry's Game. She became a household name in 1989 after landing the part of Tracey Stubbs in BBC sitcom Birds of a Feather, alongside Pauline Quirke and Lesley Joseph. The hugely popular series ran for 102 episodes until 1998. She returned to the role of Tracey in a touring version of the sitcom in 2012, and again when the show was revived in 2014. She is a Loose Women panellist and has appeared in a number of reality TV programmes, including Come Dine With Me, the Weakest Link and Comic Relief Does Fame Academy. In 2012, she was a contestant on I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Quote: "I tend not to worry about the future and instead I spend whatever I've got."
Trivia: In November 2014, Robson was a part of Gareth Malone's 'All Star Choir', which recorded a cover version of Wake Me Up to raise money for the BBC's Children in Need. It reached No.1 on the Official UK Singles Chart.
Lesley Joseph (Actor) .. Dorien Green
Born: October 14, 1945 in London
Best Known For: Birds of a Feather.
Early-life: Lesley Diana Joseph was born in London on October 14, 1945 and grew up in Northampton. At the age of seven, she made her stage debut in Hansel and Gretel at the New Theatre in Northampton. After training to be an actor at Lamda, she spent several years playing an assortment of roles at the Northcott Theatre in Exeter.
Career: Joseph made her TV debut in a 1974 episode of Wendy Craig-fronted sitcom And Mother Makes Five. She went on to make appearances in Sadie, It's Cold Outside, The Knowledge and Minder. Her big break came in 1989 when she was cast as man-eater Dorien Green in popular sitcom Birds of a Feather. It ran on the BBC until 1998 but it returned in 2012 as a stage version. The interest generated by the stage version led to ITV commissioning a new series which began airing in January 2014. Away from Birds of a Feather, Joseph has also starred in ITV soap Night and Day, appeared in a number of pantomimes, been a regular guest on Loose Women and co-hosted a radio show on BBC London 94.9 with Christopher Biggins. In 2015, she was a contestant on ITV's celebrity sheepdog trials programme Flockstars.
Quote: "Some people say there are fewer parts for older actresses, but it doesn't seem that way at the moment. I think there has been a renaissance for older women."
Trivia: Joseph supports Tottenham Hotspur.
Les Dennis (Actor) .. Graeme
Born: October 12, 1954 in Liverpool
Best Known For: Hosting Family Fortunes.
Early-life: Born Leslie Dennis Heseltine on October 12, 1954, in Liverpool, one of four children of a taxi driver, also called Les, and his wife Winnie. He also has a half-brother from his father's first marriage. Les claims to have had a difficult relationship with his dad, who at first disapproved of his son's foray into showbusiness, and found it difficult to watch him being criticised during club performances at the start of his career. However, the pair grew close following the death of his mother from cancer in 1977.
Career: Dennis made his TV debut in Russ Abbot's Madhouse during the early 1980s; his comedy partner Dustin Gee died in 1986. Their impersonations of Coronation Street characters made them famous, but Dennis's future seemed uncertain as he started out alone. However, in 1987 he took over from Max Bygraves as host of Family Fortunes, and presented the game show for the next 15 years. Dennis has also done straight acting, appearing in Brookside, Intimate Relations, Crossroads, Casualty, Extras and The Bill. He also famously took part in Celebrity Big Brother in 2002. He joined the cast of Coronation Street in 2014.
Quote: "Big Brother was cathartic for me in that it gave me a chance to think about things and decide what I wanted to do with my life."
Trivia: In 2013, Dennis was a contestant on Celebrity MasterChef and finished runner-up to Ade Edmondson.
Ami Metcalf (Actor) .. Jordan
Curtis Walker (Actor) .. Romeo
Velile Tshabalala (Actor) .. Receptionist
Laurence Marks (Writer)
Maurice Gran (Writer)
Gary Lawson (Writer)
John Phelps (Writer)
Ben Gosling Fuller (Director)
Ali Bryer Carron (Producer)
Jon Rolph (Executive producer)

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