Seasons and episodes
1Season 1 May. 01, 1986
2Season 2 Jan. 08, 1987
3Season 3 Sep. 06, 1987
3 - 1Episode 1 Sep. 06, 1987- 3 - 2Episode 2 Sep. 13, 1987
- 3 - 3Episode 3 Sep. 20, 1987
- 3 - 4Episode 4 Sep. 27, 1987
- 3 - 5Episode 5 Oct. 04, 1987
- 3 - 6Episode 6 Oct. 11, 1987
- 3 - 7Episode 7 Oct. 18, 1987
- 3 - 8Episode 8 Oct. 25, 1987
- 3 - 9Episode 9 Nov. 01, 1987
- 3 - 10Episode 10 Nov. 08, 1987
- 3 - 11Episode 11 Nov. 15, 1987
- 3 - 12Episode 12 Nov. 22, 1987
- 3 - 13Episode 13 Nov. 29, 1987
4Season 4 Nov. 20, 1988
- 4 - 1Episode 1 Nov. 20, 1988
- 4 - 2Episode 2 Nov. 27, 1988
- 4 - 3Episode 3 Oct. 02, 1988
- 4 - 4Episode 4 Oct. 09, 1988
- 4 - 5Episode 5 Oct. 16, 1988
- 4 - 6Episode 6 Oct. 23, 1988
- 4 - 7Episode 7 Oct. 30, 1988
- 4 - 8Episode 8 Nov. 06, 1988
- 4 - 9Episode 9 Nov. 13, 1988
- 4 - 10Episode 10 Nov. 20, 1988
- 4 - 11Episode 11 Nov. 27, 1988
- 4 - 12Episode 12 Dec. 04, 1988
- 4 - 13Episode 13 Dec. 11, 1988
- 4 - 14Christmas with the Boswells Dec. 25, 1988
5Season 5 Sep. 10, 1989
- 5 - 1Episode 501 Sep. 10, 1989
- 5 - 2Episode 502 Sep. 17, 1989
- 5 - 3Episode 503 Sep. 24, 1989
- 5 - 4Episode 504 Oct. 01, 1989
- 5 - 5Episode 505 Oct. 08, 1989
- 5 - 6Episode 506 Oct. 15, 1989
- 5 - 7Episode 507 Oct. 22, 1989
- 5 - 8Episode 8 Oct. 29, 1989
- 5 - 9Episode 9 Nov. 05, 1989
- 5 - 10Episode 10 Nov. 12, 1989
- 5 - 11Episode 11 Nov. 19, 1989
- 5 - 12Episode 12 Nov. 26, 1989
- 5 - 13Episode 13 Dec. 03, 1989
- 5 - 14A Quiet Christmas Dec. 25, 1989
6Season 6 Sep. 09, 1990
- 6 - 1Episode 601 Sep. 09, 1990
- 6 - 2Episode 602 Sep. 16, 1990
- 6 - 3Episode 603 Sep. 23, 1990
- 6 - 4Episode 604 Sep. 30, 1990
- 6 - 5Episode 605 Oct. 07, 1990
- 6 - 6Episode 606 Oct. 14, 1990
- 6 - 7Episode 607 Oct. 21, 1990
- 6 - 8Episode 8 Oct. 21, 1990
- 6 - 9Episode 9 Oct. 28, 1990
- 6 - 10Episode 10 Nov. 04, 1990
- 6 - 11Another Christmas with the Boswells Dec. 25, 1990
7Season 7 Sep. 01, 1991
- 7 - 1Episode 701 Sep. 01, 1991
- 7 - 2Episode 702 Sep. 08, 1991
- 7 - 3Episode 703 Sep. 15, 1991
- 7 - 4Episode 704 Sep. 22, 1991
- 7 - 5Episode 705 Sep. 29, 1991
- 7 - 6Episode 706 Oct. 06, 1991
- 7 - 7Episode 707 Oct. 13, 1991
- 7 - 8Episode 8 Oct. 20, 1991
- 7 - 9Episode 9 Oct. 27, 1991
- 7 - 10Episode 10 Nov. 03, 1991
Creator
Creator
Cast
Nellie Boswell
Shifty Boswell
Joey Boswell
Billy Boswell
Adrian Boswell
Leonora Campbell
Grandad
Aveline Boswell
Jack Boswell
Synopsis
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.
Original title Bread
TMDb Rating 6.3
First air date May. 01, 1986
Last air date Nov. 03, 1991
Average Duration 30 minutes
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