Bread(1986)
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.
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No imageSeason 1
6 episodes • 1986
Season 1
6 episodes • 1986
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | May 1, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | May 8, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | May 15, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | May 22, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | May 29, 1986 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Jun 5, 1986 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 2
6 episodes • 1987
Season 2
6 episodes • 1987
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | Jan 8, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Jan 15, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Jan 22, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Jan 29, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Feb 5, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Feb 12, 1987 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 3
13 episodes • 1987
Season 3
13 episodes • 1987
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | Sep 6, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Sep 13, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Sep 20, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Sep 27, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Oct 4, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Oct 11, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | Oct 18, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Oct 25, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | Nov 1, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Nov 8, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 11 | Nov 15, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Episode 12 | Nov 22, 1987 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Episode 13 | Nov 29, 1987 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 4
14 episodes • 1988
Season 4
14 episodes • 1988
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | Nov 20, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | Nov 27, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | Oct 2, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 4 | Oct 9, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 5 | Oct 16, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 6 | Oct 23, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 7 | Oct 30, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Nov 6, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | Nov 13, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Nov 20, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 11 | Nov 27, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Episode 12 | Dec 4, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Episode 13 | Dec 11, 1988 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Christmas with the Boswells | Dec 25, 1988 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 5
14 episodes • 1989
Season 5
14 episodes • 1989
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 501 | Sep 10, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 502 | Sep 17, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 503 | Sep 24, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 504 | Oct 1, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 505 | Oct 8, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 506 | Oct 15, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 507 | Oct 22, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Oct 29, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | Nov 5, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Nov 12, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Episode 11 | Nov 19, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Episode 12 | Nov 26, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Episode 13 | Dec 3, 1989 | 0.0 |
| 14 | A Quiet Christmas | Dec 25, 1989 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 6
11 episodes • 1990
Season 6
11 episodes • 1990
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 601 | Sep 9, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 602 | Sep 16, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 603 | Sep 23, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 604 | Sep 30, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 605 | Oct 7, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 606 | Oct 14, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 607 | Oct 21, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Oct 21, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | Oct 28, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Nov 4, 1990 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Another Christmas with the Boswells | Dec 25, 1990 | 0.0 |
No imageSeason 7
10 episodes • 1991
Season 7
10 episodes • 1991
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 701 | Sep 1, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Episode 702 | Sep 8, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Episode 703 | Sep 15, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Episode 704 | Sep 22, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Episode 705 | Sep 29, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Episode 706 | Oct 6, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Episode 707 | Oct 13, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Episode 8 | Oct 20, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Episode 9 | Oct 27, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Episode 10 | Nov 3, 1991 | 0.0 |
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