The Liver Birds "Man is the dog, and woman is the bone. He eats the best of you, and buries the rest of you, and when his dish is empty—he'll dig you up again." This would be the last series with Beryl; as Polly James explained: "The reason I left the programme in the end was that I felt I was in danger of caricaturing what was already a pretty outrageous character." Producer Sydney Lotterby had to find a new leading actress to keep the series going after Polly James' departure. In 1971 he'd replaced Pauline Collins with Nerys Hughes, and Hughes herself
Samuel James in 2011. From May 2011 to December 2012, he played Phil Mitchell's (Steve McFadden's) lawyer Jimmie Broome in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders". Since December 2014, James has played the role of Garth Stubbs in the revived ITV sitcom "Birds of a Feather", replacing Matt Willis. He currently stars alongside Linda Robson, Pauline Quirke, Lesley Joseph and Charlie Quirke. He also starred in the 2014 "Text Santa" special which guest starred Paul O'Grady. A third revived series was announced in March 2015, and began airing in January 2016 for eight episodes. Samuel James Samuel James is a British actor, and