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Bread (1986)

7.0 7 seasons 74 episodes Ended
Comedy

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.

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Seasons & episodes

E1
Episode 1Sep 18, 1988 · 30m

Jack has left home to go to America for a while and Nellie is missing him greatly. Cousin Shifty is coming out of prison and heading for th…

E2
Episode 2Sep 25, 1988 · 30m

Aveline brings Oswald home and he finds a family in chaos when they all show him their true colours. Adrian is accepted as a male model aft…

E3
Episode 3Oct 2, 1988 · 30m

Freddie's visit to the doctor has left him unsure of his future, but only Joey notices that his father is suffering from a serious heart co…

E4
Episode 4Oct 9, 1988 · 30m

Yizzel's mate involves Shifty in an insurance job on his car but forgets that he didn't have an MOT certificate. Meanwhile, Shifty's romanc…

E5
Episode 5Oct 16, 1988 · 30m

Billy and Adrian both leave home and Nellie decides to teach them a lesson by delivering their belongings to them personally. They both rea…

E6
Episode 6Oct 23, 1988 · 30m

Nellie advises the family against fussing over their dad, but she knows that she's wasting her breath. Shifty attempts to move in with Mart…

E7
Episode 7Oct 30, 1988 · 30m

Joey gives Freddie an ultimatum - Lilo Lill or his mum. Linda McCartney opens an Animal Rescue Centre and, while getting her autograph, Bil…

E8
Episode 8Nov 6, 1988 · 30m
E9
Episode 9Nov 13, 1988 · 30m
E10
Episode 10Nov 20, 1988 · 30m
E11
Episode 11Nov 27, 1988 · 30m
E12
Episode 12Dec 4, 1988 · 30m
E13
Episode 13Dec 11, 1988 · 30m
E14
Christmas with the BoswellsDec 25, 1988 · 30m

In this Christmas Special the Boswells holiday in Rome and find their time is filled with happy memories, and new or renewed relationships.

Cast

Jean BohtNellie Boswell
Bryan MurrayShifty Boswell
Graham BickleyJoey Boswell
Nick ConwayBilly Boswell
Jonathon MorrisAdrian Boswell
Deborah GrantLeonora Campbell
Kenneth WallerGrandad
Melanie HillAveline Boswell
Victor McGuireJack Boswell

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