CinemaOSSeries · 1986–1991 · 7 Seasons

Bread

70%(25)IMDbComedy

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 byCarla Lane

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Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
May 1, 1986
Last aired
November 3, 1991
Seasons
7
Episodes
74
Network
BBC One

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

9 credited
Starring
Jean Boht

Jean Boht

Nellie Boswell

Bryan Murray

Bryan Murray

Shifty Boswell

Graham Bickley

Joey Boswell

Nick Conway

Billy Boswell

Jonathon Morris

Jonathon Morris

Adrian Boswell

Deborah Grant

Deborah Grant

Leonora Campbell

Kenneth Waller

Kenneth Waller

Grandad

Melanie Hill

Melanie Hill

Aveline Boswell

Victor McGuire

Victor McGuire

Jack Boswell

Creative team
Created by
Carla Lane
Carla Lane

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