Pauline Quirke and Linda Robson have been friends since they were children and despite some rough patches, they remain firm friends. The pair met at the age of 10 and were inseparable growing up. They even joined drama school together in the 1970s as they dreamed of becoming stars. Pauline and Linda made their dream come true in the 1980s thanks to their show Birds of a Feather, which attracted in tens of millions of viewers with each episode. It followed bickering sisters Sharon