
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...
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.
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...

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Episode 1: Episode 1
The family talks about their dreams and what they hope to achieve in the future. Over breakfast disc...
Episode 2: Episode 2
Billy buys a ring for Julie, but later learns that opals are bad luck and is told to get rid of it.
Episode 3: Episode 3
Freddie Boswell makes a return to his family home. He gets a cool reception from his wife and childr...
Episode 4: Episode 4
A photographer suggests Aveline should pose topless and wishes he hadn't. Jack makes an unsuccessful...
Episode 5: Episode 5
Freddie's sea-faring brother has died and the Boswells decide to arrange a burial at sea.
Episode 6: Episode 6
Billy finds out that he is to become a father, Joey learns of his dad's gambling debt, Adrian is mad...
Episode 1: Episode 1
Adrian has found a girlfriend, Carmen. Jack gets hijacked by a couple of punks who need a lift to Ma...
Episode 2: Episode 2
Julie goes into labor earlier than expected and Joey has to come to Billy's rescue.
Episode 3: Episode 3
Jack and Adrian witness a burglary, then find themselves pursued by the perpetrators.
Episode 4: Episode 4
Things are looking up for Billy when he starts making money on his sandwich round. Unfortunately, hi...
Episode 5: Episode 5
Billy is distraught when Julie takes the baby and heads to London to stay with friends, and Freddie...
Episode 6: Episode 6
The Boswell's pet dog, Mongy, is not well and the family rally round to make sure he has every comfo...
Episode 1: Episode 1
Aveline has been mugged and the Boswell boys make a mass protest at the police station. Billy, meanw...
Episode 2: Episode 2
Joey suspects that he's found his dog that went missing some years back, and Grandad proves to be as...
Episode 3: Episode 3
Freddie loses a valuable ring at a party. Jack, who found it and tried to pawn it, is filled with re...
Episode 4: Episode 4
Lilo Lill pays a visit to the Boswell home and indulges in an all out war with Nellie on the doorste...
Episode 5: Episode 5
Aveline is taken to hospital and the family gather to comfort her. Joey finds out that Roxy is marri...
Episode 6: Episode 6
Joey is forced to confront Roxy's husband, with unusual results, and Aveline decides to give up her...
Episode 7: Episode 7
Freddie has been arrested for running off with his dust cart after getting the sack, and Grandad has...
Episode 8: Episode 8
Episode 9: Episode 9
Episode 10: Episode 10
Episode 11: Episode 11
Episode 12: Episode 12
Episode 13: Episode 13
Episode 1: Episode 1
Jack has left home to go to America for a while and Nellie is missing him greatly. Cousin Shifty is...
Episode 2: Episode 2
Aveline brings Oswald home and he finds a family in chaos when they all show him their true colours....
Episode 3: Episode 3
Freddie's visit to the doctor has left him unsure of his future, but only Joey notices that his fath...
Episode 4: Episode 4
Yizzel's mate involves Shifty in an insurance job on his car but forgets that he didn't have an MOT...
Episode 5: Episode 5
Billy and Adrian both leave home and Nellie decides to teach them a lesson by delivering their belon...
Episode 6: Episode 6
Nellie advises the family against fussing over their dad, but she knows that she's wasting her breat...
Episode 7: Episode 7
Joey gives Freddie an ultimatum - Lilo Lill or his mum. Linda McCartney opens an Animal Rescue Cent...
Episode 8: Episode 8
Episode 9: Episode 9
Episode 10: Episode 10
Episode 11: Episode 11
Episode 12: Episode 12
Episode 13: Episode 13
Episode 14: Christmas with the Boswells
In this Christmas Special the Boswells holiday in Rome and find their time is filled with happy memo...
Episode 1: Episode 501
Adrian becomes a hero by accident and, despite warnings, starts to embellish his role in the proceed...
Episode 2: Episode 502
Joey visits the taxman to plead his case but his words fall on deaf ears, Aveline suggests to Oswald...
Episode 3: Episode 503
Jack soon gets back into the swing of buying and selling but the piano he buys causes more trouble t...
Episode 4: Episode 504
When Adrian helps Jack to recover his stolen piano, they come into conflict with Yizzel and his mate...
Episode 5: Episode 505
Aveline is causing concern for everybody as she continues to believe in her phantom pregnancy. Adria...
Episode 6: Episode 506
Mongy, the family dog, has been accused of biting a little girl and the police are called in to inve...
Episode 7: Episode 507
Aveline has good news about Oswald's sperm count, Adrian finally hears from Magdalena and Joey's loy...
Episode 8: Episode 8
Episode 9: Episode 9
Episode 10: Episode 10
Episode 11: Episode 11
Episode 12: Episode 12
Episode 13: Episode 13
Episode 14: A Quiet Christmas
Christmas for the Boswells brings its usual mix of hilarity, sadness and surprises.
Episode 1: Episode 601
When Leonora arrives to take up residence in Billy's former home, Jack and Adrian are besotted but B...
Episode 2: Episode 602
A double celebration for the Boswells when Aveline brings her baby home in style and Leonora offers...
Episode 3: Episode 603
To everyone's amazement Shifty has got a job as a bus driver, while Jack and Leonora's relationship...
Episode 4: Episode 604
Shifty tries to convince Martina that he has changed but ends up taking his passengers on an unexpec...
Episode 5: Episode 605
Billy's van has been broken in to and Joey's new shop has been vandalized - the culprits are unknown...
Episode 6: Episode 606
Billy's constant complaint of being neglected forces him to make an important decision. Nellie makes...
Episode 7: Episode 607
Nellie is away with her "friend" and finding the experience very uncomfortable; meanwhile, the famil...
Episode 8: Episode 8
Episode 9: Episode 9
Episode 10: Episode 10
Episode 11: Another Christmas with the Boswells
Mrs Boswell finds that little things can cause enormous problems when all should be peace and tranqu...
Episode 1: Episode 701
Episode 2: Episode 702
Episode 3: Episode 703
Episode 4: Episode 704
Episode 5: Episode 705
Episode 6: Episode 706
Episode 7: Episode 707
Episode 8: Episode 8
Episode 9: Episode 9
Episode 10: Episode 10
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