Bread

May 01, 1986 (en) Comedy [30] Min
  • First Air Date
    May 01, 1986
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    71%
  • Original title
    Bread
  • Release
    May 01, 1986
  • en
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Jean Boht

    Nellie Boswell

  2. Bryan Murray

    Shifty Boswell

  3. Graham Bickley

    Joey Boswell

  4. Nick Conway

    Billy Boswell

  5. Jonathon Morris

    Adrian Boswell

  6. Deborah Grant

    Leonora Campbell

  7. Kenneth Waller

    Grandad

  8. Melanie Hill

    Aveline Boswell

  9. Victor McGuire

    Jack Boswell

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 9 / Crews : 0

Season 1 ( 1986-05-01)

Episode 1

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Episode 2

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Episode 3

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Episode 6

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Season 2 ( 1987-01-08)

Episode 1

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Episode 2

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Episode 3

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Episode 5

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Episode 6

Episode: 6

Season 3 ( 1987-09-06)

Episode 1

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Episode 2

Episode: 2

Episode 3

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Episode 13

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Season 4 ( 1988-11-20)

Episode 1

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Episode 3

Episode: 3

Episode 4

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Episode 5

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Episode 6

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Episode 7

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Episode 9

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Episode 11

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Episode 12

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Episode 13

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Christmas with the Boswells

Episode: 14

Season 5 ( 1989-09-10)

Episode 501

Episode: 1

Episode 502

Episode: 2

Episode 503

Episode: 3

Episode 504

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Episode 505

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Episode 506

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Episode 507

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Episode 11

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Episode 12

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Episode 13

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A Quiet Christmas

Episode: 14

Season 6 ( 1990-09-09)

Episode 601

Episode: 1

Episode 602

Episode: 2

Episode 603

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Episode 604

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Episode 605

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Episode 606

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Episode 607

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Episode 8

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Episode 9

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Episode 10

Episode: 10

Another Christmas with the Boswells

Episode: 11

Season 7 ( 1991-09-01)

Episode 701

Episode: 1

Episode 702

Episode: 2

Episode 703

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Episode 704

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Episode 705

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Episode 706

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Episode 707

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Episode 8

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Episode 9

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Episode 10

Episode: 10
May 01, 1986 (en)
Comedy
[30] Min
  • First Air Date May 01, 1986
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 71%
Original Title Bread
en

Overview

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.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer