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.
- Created By
Carla Lane
- First Aired on
May 01, 1986
- Popularity: 16.4246
- 23 votes
- Networks
- (GB)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
7 seaons till Nov 03, 1991
Last episode: Episode 10
Seasons & episodes
Total 7 seasons, 74 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1Episode 130 min
The family talks about their dreams and what they hope to achieve in the future. Over breakfast discussions develop about working and what the individual members of the Boswell family do. None appear to have any sort of regular income except Adrian who is in real estate.
Episode 2Episode 230 min
Billy buys a ring for Julie, but later learns that opals are bad luck and is told to get rid of it.
Episode 3Episode 330 min
Freddie Boswell makes a return to his family home. He gets a cool reception from his wife and children.
Episode 4Episode 430 min
A photographer suggests Aveline should pose topless and wishes he hadn't. Jack makes an unsuccessful entry into the art world.
Episode 5Episode 530 min
Freddie's sea-faring brother has died and the Boswells decide to arrange a burial at sea.
