Birds of a Feather cast now - Busted star to Colin Farrell's father-in-law

Birds of a Feather, a TV staple for much than 30 years, with 1 of the astir memorable taxable tunes, archetypal graced our screens connected the BBC successful 1989. The amusement starred Loose Women's Linda Robson arsenic Tracey Stubbs and TV icon Pauline Quirke arsenic Sharon Theodopolopodous, 2 neighbours whose lives intertwine erstwhile their husbands were sent to jail.

Viewers fell successful emotion with the Cockney pair, who were joined by the flirtatious neighbour Dorien Green, played by Lesley Joseph. Other notable appearances came from Alun Lewis, who played the relation of Tracey's husband, Darryl, and Peter Polycarpou, who starred arsenic Pauline's husband, Chris, for 5 series. Busted prima Matt Willis also joined the formed arsenic Tracey's son, Gareth Stubbs, during the show's instrumentality successful 2014. As 1 of the astir fashionable sitcoms successful British TV, Busted ran for an awesome 12 bid spanning implicit 30 years, but wherever are the stars today? We've taken a look backmost astatine what they've been up to since.

Linda Robson

Loose Women panellist Linda has had a long-standing vocation successful TV and film, astir notably arsenic Tracey successful Birds of a Feather. The 65-year-old histrion reprised her relation for the show's revival and has appeared connected different TV shows specified arsenic The Likely Lads, The Tomorrow People, Going Out, L For Lester, and The Bill, reports the Express.

In 2017, Linda confessed that she had astir breached down owed to being buried nether thousands of pounds of debt. She admitted to spending nights lying successful furniture worrying astir her fiscal concern and avoiding slope letters. The histrion antecedently revealed, "I ran up a batch of debts erstwhile Birds of a Feather had ended, but I was utilized to having a bully income and buying things."

She aboriginal discussed her fiscal difficulties with her husband, Mark Dunford, whom she separated from past twelvemonth aft 33 years of marriage, and helium helped her wage disconnected immoderate of her debt. Linda, who's present debt-free, has fto connected that her kids are successful complaint of the finances, and she's got to inquire them for spending money.

Pauline Quirke

Before becoming a household sanction arsenic Sharon successful 1989 connected Birds of a Feather, Pauline had already made her people with roles successful The Tomorrow People, Play For Today, The Story Of The Treasure Seekers, and Angels. More recently, she's graced our screens successful hits similar Broadchurch and You, Me And The Apocalypse.

However, she was noticeably absent from the Birds of a Feather Christmas peculiar successful 2020, fuelling speculation of a rift with her long-time person and co-star Linda. Fans were near wondering if their five-decade relationship had deed the rocks aft a expected spat, which Linda, a Loose Women regular, firmly denied. Even though Pauline didn't amusement up, her lines successful the taxable tune were cut, on with photos of Tracey and Sharon together.

Rumours swirled that Linda and Pauline had grown apart, but past year, Linda acceptable the grounds straight. Speaking to The Mirror, she said: "People accidental Pauline and I person fallen out. Obviously, I couldn't spot her during lockdown, but I've seen her since. She conscionable doesn't privation to enactment anymore. She's had enough—it's agelong hours. She's concentrating connected her play academies. She's precise hands-on, going to classes and each that.

"I spot Lesley [Joseph] each the clip due to the fact that we won Celebrity Coach Trip past year. And during the lockdowns, I would permission comic things connected her doorstep, similar Tena Lady and hairsbreadth dye! But erstwhile I was ill, some Pauline and Lesley rang me, oregon a subordinate of my family, each mates of days to spot however I was. They were some a large enactment and truly determination for me."

This week, we were saddened to perceive the quality that Pauline had made the determination to measurement backmost from each enactment pursuing her dementia diagnosis 4 years ago. Her husband, Steve Sheen, said successful the statement: "It is with a dense bosom that I denote my woman Pauline's determination to measurement backmost from each nonrecreational and commercialized duties owed to her diagnosis of Dementia successful 2021."

Lesley Joseph

More than 2 decades aft her archetypal TV appearance, Lesley Joseph is champion known for her relation arsenic Dorien Green successful Birds of a Feather. She has had a palmy career, featuring successful shows specified arsenic Minder, Ruth Rendall Mysteries, Night And Day and The Secret Of Eel Island. Despite being backstage astir her idiosyncratic life, Lesley opened up astir the heartbreaking nonaccomplishment of her mother. "Losing a parent erstwhile you are precise young, that is incredibly hard due to the fact that they don't turn aged with you," she confessed to the Mirror successful 2016.

"But if you suffer them erstwhile they are older, you've had them each your life. I had a precise adjacent narration with my mother. She was 1 of 12, and she was the past of them to die. I speech to her each day, successful my head." She added, "I don't deliberation you ever suffer that – she had a thirst for beingness Hopefully, interaction wood, I've got her genes."

Matt Willis

Busted prima Matt Willis joined the formed of Birds of a Feather successful 2014 to play Linda's on-screen son, Gareth Stubbs, during the show's revival. While helium lone had a little stint connected the show, galore fans inactive retrieve it to this day, with Matt himself sharing his delight astatine securing the role. He antecedently said: "I'm truthful excited to beryllium joining Birds of a Feather playing the relation of Garthy! I utilized to ticker the amusement increasing up truthful this is conscionable a imagination job. I can't judge I'll beryllium moving with Sharon, Tracey and Dorien."

Before joining the sitcom, Matt had already risen to fame during the 2000s successful Busted alongside bandmates Charlie Simpson and James Bourne. The pop-punk set has been disconnected and connected passim its career, archetypal splitting successful 2005, during which Matt released his archetypal solo album. The set returned successful 2015 with a circuit and a caller medium earlier soon parting ways, past returning again arsenic they joined forces with McFlay to signifier McBusted.

Away from music, the 41-year-old clinched the jungle crown successful I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! successful 2006 and joined his woman Emma Willis successful 2008. They've hosted the UK mentation of Netflix's Love is Blind unneurotic and stock 3 children, Isabelle, Ace, and Trixie. In the past, Matt has been unfastened astir his cause addiction conflict and his clip spent successful rehab connected 3 occasions.

Alun Lewis

Alun Lewis played the recurring relation of Tracey's husband, Darryl, connected the deed BBC amusement earlier helium was replaced by Douglas McFerran. He is besides noticeably known for starring successful Emmerdale arsenic Vic Windsor earlier helium took a measurement backmost from the spotlight. In a tract of each talents, Alun besides formed portion of the stone radical The Woolpackers alongside his soap co-stars Steve Halliwell and Billy Hartman.

But Alun isn't the lone celebrated subordinate of the family, arsenic his girl Amelia Warner is simply a instrumentalist who goes by the signifier sanction of Slow Moving Millie. She deed the UK charts with a screen of The Smiths' Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want successful 2011 and by 2015 was successfully releasing her ain archetypal music.

Another celebrated necktie is Amelia's erstwhile matrimony to Irish histrion Colin Farrell, making him Alun's erstwhile son-in-law. Amelia and Colin had a whirlwind marriage, having tied the knot successful 2001 conscionable 4 months aft meeting, though it was ne'er legalised. Speaking of their wedding, Amelia confessed: "It was conscionable a happening we did connected holiday. We went shark feeding and past we did that. We booked them some connected the activities table astatine the edifice - it truly wasn't this concealed wedding that nary 1 was invited to.

"It was lovely, it was silly, it was sweet, but by nary means was it a superior thing, and I deliberation my mum thought it was rather funny." However, the mates did spell connected to get engaged earlier parting ways. Amelia went connected to conscionable Fifty Shades histrion Jamie Dornan successful 2010, and today, they are happily joined with 3 daughters, Dulcie, Elva and Alberta.

Peter Polycarpou

Then determination was Peter Polycarpou, who played the relation of Pauline's husband, Chris, for 5 series. After his clip connected Birds of a Feather, helium starred successful BBC's Hustle and the thriller Cleanskin alongside Sean Bean. His vocation has besides spanned to theatre productions, having appeared successful Sancho successful Man of La Mancha for the English National Opera successful 2019 with Kelsey Grammar and Nicholas Lyndhurst.

Away from acting helium went into the world of authorities and became a Green Party politician, lasting for section predetermination successful Muswell Hill. Strikingly, helium has besides played cricket for the world-famous Lord's Taverners arsenic a wicketkeeper.