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Plot

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.

Cast

Jean Boht as Nellie Boswell
Jean Boht

as Nellie Boswell

Bryan Murray as Shifty Boswell
Bryan Murray

as Shifty Boswell

Graham Bickley as Joey Boswell
Graham Bickley

as Joey Boswell

Nick Conway as Billy Boswell
Nick Conway

as Billy Boswell

Jonathon Morris as Adrian Boswell
Jonathon Morris

as Adrian Boswell

Deborah Grant as Leonora Campbell
Deborah Grant

as Leonora Campbell

Kenneth Waller as Grandad
Kenneth Waller

as Grandad

Melanie Hill as Aveline Boswell
Melanie Hill

as Aveline Boswell

Victor McGuire as Jack Boswell
Victor McGuire

as Jack Boswell

Creator

Network

Status

  • Ended

First Aired Date

  • May 1, 1986

Last Aired Date

  • November 3, 1991

Production Companies

    Type

    • Scripted

    Number of Season

    • 7

    Number of Episodes

    • 74

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