Birds of a Feather made Pauline Quirke, Lesley Joseph and Linda Robson household stars when it launched in the late 1980s – but a tame swear word provoked a furious backlash from viewers

Pauline Quirke, Lesley Joseph and Linda Robson in character on the set of Birds of a Feather


Lesley Joseph has opened up about an early scandal that rocked Birds of a Feather back in the 1980s (
Image: ITV)