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. Anybody Here Seen Thingy?
Aired 2 January 1974
2. Friends at First Sight
Aired 9 January 1974
3. Life Is Just a Bowl of Sugar
Aired 16 January 1974
4. Where's Beryl?
Aired 23 January 1974
5. Girl Saturday
Aired 30 January 1974
6. Pack Up Your Troubles
Aired 6 February 1974
7. Have Hen Will Travel
Aired 13 February 1974
8. Love Is
Aired 20 February 1974
9. Anyone for Freedom
Aired 27 February 1974
10. Follow That Ring
Aired 6 March 1974
11. The Bride Went That-A 'Way
Aired 13 March 1974
12. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
Aired 20 March 1974
13. And Then There Was One
Aired 27 March 1974