What are Birds of a Feather’s Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson up to now?
COMEDY series Birds Of A Feather originally aired on BBC One from 1989 to 1998, but was off-air for 16 years until 2014 when it was revived for a full series on ITV.
Its leading ladies , Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph play the characters Sharon Theodopolopodous, Tracey Stubbs and Dorien Green respectively.
What is Pauline Quirke up to now and what shows has she appeared in?
Pauline, now 60, plays Sharon, who moves into sister Tracey’s expensive Essex house after their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery.
Her role saw her win the 1990 British Comedy Award for Best Newcomer.
She started acting at the age of eight when she starred in Dixon Of Dock Green and has gone on to be part of many famous productions.
Pauline was nominated for a Bafta for Best Actress for her role in the 1996 drama The Sculptress.
Other shows she has starred in include Maisie Raine (1998–99), Down to Earth (2000–03), Emmerdale (2010–12) and Broadchurch (2013–17).
In 2019, it was revealed she had lost three stone as part of a health kick ahead of her 60th birthday.
What is Linda Robson up to now and what shows has she appeared in?
Linda, now 62, plays Tracey, the sister of Sharon's character.
She is currently best known as a regular panellist on ITV's Loose Women, but the actress has also starred in the likes of The Bill and Casualty after first appearing on screen aged 12 in the children's film Junket89.
In 2012, she appeared on I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and finished in ninth place.
Linda revealed in 2017 that she had lost over two stone in six months after ditching sweet treats.
Around the same time, she starred in a documentary Gone to Pot America Road Trip, which saw her join Christopher Biggins and Pam St Clement as they journeyed on a bus across America.
In 2018, she made a brief appearance in Hollyoaks alongside Loose Women co-star Janet Street Porter.
Why have Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson fallen out?
Despite being friends for 50 years, its been reported that Pauline and Linda have fallen out.
A source claimed there are “real and tense issues” which is why Pauline was missing from the show’s 30th-anniversary programme in 2019 and the 2020 Christmas special.
Speaking to the Mail On Sunday, the source said: "Both Linda and Lesley were saddened that Pauline didn’t want to return to make a 30th-anniversary episode.
“Linda and Pauline used to be very close, less so Pauline and Lesley.
"It was very tense and difficult to navigate at times.
"Pauline wasn't approached about the Christmas special.
“The atmosphere on the set had previously become difficult, there were real and tense issues."
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Are they still friends with Lesley Joseph?
Lesley, now 74, plays Sharon and Tracey's next door neighbour and friend Dorien.
Lesley isn't friends with Pauline anymore.
Separately, a source told The Sun: “The nadir came during one astonishing row at Teddington Studios, culminating in Pauline and Lesley squaring off, noses centimetres apart, outside the women’s loos.
“They were basically pulled apart by stunned crew members.
“Things went rapidly downhill from there."
Linda apparently doesn't think they will speak again.