About this season
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.
Episodes (13)
1. One's a Crowd
Aired 11 February 1972
2. Birds on the Dole
Aired 18 February 1972
3. Good Little Girls Should Be in Bed
Aired 25 February 1972
4. Birds on Strike
Aired 3 March 1972
5. Fella-A-Day Girl
Aired 10 March 1972
6. Birds and Bottom Drawers
Aired 17 March 1972
7. The Christening
Aired 24 March 1972
8. Birds on Horseback
Aired 31 March 1972
9. Valentine's Day
Aired 7 April 1972
10. Birds in the Club
Aired 14 April 1972
11. The Driving Test
Aired 21 April 1972
12. Liverpool or Everton
Aired 28 April 1972
13. The Parrot
Aired 5 May 1972