The Liver Birds and Series 1 starred Pauline Collins as Dawn and Polly James as Beryl Hennessey. In Series 2, Nerys Hughes debuted as Sandra Hutchinson, replacing Dawn for the rest of the programme's run. The Beryl-and-Sandra pairing is generally regarded as the programme's best period. Beryl was the more 'common' one, while Sandra was soft-spoken and more refined, due to the influence of her snobbish, overbearing mother (Mollie Sugden). Carla Lane drew on her own mother for the character – "Mrs Hutchinson, I think she was my mother. I'm sure she was my mother". Beryl's 'common' mother (the Hennesseys live in Bootle,
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey Batgirl's former codename. The series is written by Julie Benson and Shawna Benson. Claire Roe illustrated Rebirth #1 and issues #1 through #3 of the monthly series. Antonio Neto took over illustration duties beginning with issue #4 and will complete the "Who Is Oracle?" story arc. It was announced during February that the series will finish with issue #23 with the Birds confronting Calculator. The first issue received an average score of 6.9/10 based on 31 critic reviews according to review aggregator Comic Book Roundup. The series concluded with issue 22. Batgirl and the Birds of Prey Batgirl and the