Bread

Bread (1986)


  • Genre: Comedy
  • Creator: Carla Lane
  • First Air Date: 1986-05-01
  • Last Air Date: 1991-11-03
  • Total Seasons: 7
  • Total Episodes: 74
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Network: BBC one
star 7.1/10
From 22 Ratings

Summary

Bread is a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from 1 May 1986 to 3 November 1991. The series focused on the devoutly-Catholic and extended Boswell family of Liverpool, in the district of Dingle, led by its matriarch Nellie through a number of ups and downs as they tried to make their way through life in Thatcher's Britain with no visible means of support. The street shown at the start of each programme is Elswick Street. A family called Boswell had also featured in Lane's earlier sitcom The Liver Birds and Lane admitted in interviews that the two families were probably related. Nellie's feckless and estranged husband, Freddie, left her for another woman known as 'Lilo Lill'. Her children Joey, Jack, Adrian, Aveline and Billy continued to live in the family home in Kelsall Street and contributed money to the central family fund, largely through benefit fraud and the sale of stolen goods.

  • Keywords: mother, northern england, liverpool, england, scam, family, unemployment benefits, sitcom
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    Bread Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1986-05-01
    6 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1987-01-08
    6 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 1987-09-06
    13 Episodes

    Season 4

    First Air Date: 1988-11-20
    14 Episodes

    Season 5

    First Air Date: 1989-09-10
    14 Episodes

    Season 6

    First Air Date: 1990-09-09
    11 Episodes

    Season 7

    First Air Date: 1991-09-01
    10 Episodes

    Bread Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Episode 130 min
    Season 1Episode 2Episode 230 min
    Season 1Episode 3Episode 330 min
    Season 1Episode 4Episode 430 min
    Season 1Episode 5Episode 530 min
    Season 1Episode 6Episode 630 min
    Season 2Episode 1Episode 130 min
    Season 2Episode 2Episode 230 min
    Season 2Episode 3Episode 330 min
    Season 2Episode 4Episode 430 min
    Season 2Episode 5Episode 530 min
    Season 2Episode 6Episode 630 min
    Season 3Episode 1Episode 130 min
    Season 3Episode 2Episode 230 min
    Season 3Episode 3Episode 330 min
    Season 3Episode 4Episode 430 min
    Season 3Episode 5Episode 530 min
    Season 3Episode 6Episode 630 min
    Season 3Episode 7Episode 730 min
    Season 3Episode 8Episode 830 min
    Season 3Episode 9Episode 930 min
    Season 3Episode 10Episode 1030 min
    Season 3Episode 11Episode 1130 min
    Season 3Episode 12Episode 1230 min
    Season 3Episode 13Episode 1330 min
    Season 4Episode 1Episode 130 min
    Season 4Episode 2Episode 230 min
    Season 4Episode 3Episode 330 min
    Season 4Episode 4Episode 430 min
    Season 4Episode 5Episode 530 min
    Season 4Episode 6Episode 630 min
    Season 4Episode 7Episode 730 min
    Season 4Episode 8Episode 830 min
    Season 4Episode 9Episode 930 min
    Season 4Episode 10Episode 1030 min
    Season 4Episode 11Episode 1130 min
    Season 4Episode 12Episode 1230 min
    Season 4Episode 13Episode 1330 min
    Season 4Episode 14Episode 1430 min
    Season 5Episode 1Episode 130 min
    Season 5Episode 2Episode 230 min
    Season 5Episode 3Episode 330 min
    Season 5Episode 4Episode 430 min
    Season 5Episode 5Episode 530 min
    Season 5Episode 6Episode 630 min
    Season 5Episode 7Episode 730 min
    Season 5Episode 8Episode 830 min
    Season 5Episode 9Episode 930 min
    Season 5Episode 10Episode 1030 min
    Season 5Episode 11Episode 1130 min
    Season 5Episode 12Episode 1230 min
    Season 5Episode 13Episode 1330 min
    Season 5Episode 141989 Christmas Special30 min
    Season 6Episode 1Episode 130 min
    Season 6Episode 2Episode 230 min
    Season 6Episode 3Episode 330 min
    Season 6Episode 4Episode 430 min
    Season 6Episode 5Episode 530 min
    Season 6Episode 6Episode 630 min
    Season 6Episode 7Episode 730 min
    Season 6Episode 8Episode 830 min
    Season 6Episode 9Episode 930 min
    Season 6Episode 10Episode 1030 min
    Season 6Episode 111990 Christmas Special30 min
    Season 7Episode 1Episode 130 min
    Season 7Episode 2Episode 230 min
    Season 7Episode 3Episode 330 min
    Season 7Episode 4Episode 430 min
    Season 7Episode 5Episode 530 min
    Season 7Episode 6Episode 630 min
    Season 7Episode 7Episode 730 min
    Season 7Episode 8Episode 830 min
    Season 7Episode 9Episode 930 min
    Season 7Episode 10Episode 1030 min
    • Jean Boht

      as Nellie Boswell
    • Bryan Murray

      as Shifty Boswell
    • Graham Bickley

      as Joey Boswell
    • Nick Conway

      as Billy Boswell
    • Jonathon Morris

      as Adrian Boswell
    • Deborah Grant

      as Leonora Campbell
    • Kenneth Waller

      as Grandad
    • Melanie Hill

      as Aveline Boswell
    • Victor McGuire

      as Jack Boswell

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