Bread (1986)
Bread is a 1986 comedy series created by Carla Lane. It stars Jean Boht, Nick Conway and Jonathon Morris.
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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What is Bread about?
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.
When was Bread released?
Bread was released on 1 May 1986.
How many episodes does Bread have?
Bread has 74 episodes across 7 seasons.
Who made Bread?
Bread was created by Carla Lane.
Cast
- Jean Boht as Nellie Boswell
- Nick Conway as Billy Boswell
- Jonathon Morris as Adrian Boswell
- Kenneth Waller as Grandad
- Ronald Forfar as Freddie Boswell
- Victor McGuire as Jack Boswell
- Bryan Murray as Shifty Boswell
- Giles Watling as Oswald
- Hilary Crowson as Julie
- Peter Howitt as Joey Boswell
- Gilly Coman as Aveline Boswell
- Eileen Pollock as Lilo Lill