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Bread (1986 - 1991)

Scripted TV Show
Audience Score
71
Bread
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.
DirectorsRobin NashJohn B. HobbsSusan Belbin

All Seasons

Season 7

Season 7

Sep 1, 1991
Season 6

Season 6

Sep 9, 1990
Season 5

Season 5

Sep 10, 1989
Season 4

Season 4

Nov 20, 1988

TV Show Details

Air Date:May 1st, 1986

Last Air Date:November 3rd, 1991

Network:BBC One
Status:Ended

Genres:Comedy

Original Language:English