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Bread (1986 – 1991)

Bread

^{(1986 – 1991)}

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1h 10m

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May 1st, 1986

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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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Cast

Jean Boht
Nellie Boswell
Nick Conway
Billy Boswell
Jonathon Morris
Adrian Boswell
Kenneth Waller
Grandad
Ronald Forfar
Freddie Boswell
Victor McGuire
Jack Boswell
Giles Watling
Oswald
Bryan Murray
Shifty Boswell
Eileen Pollock
Lilo Lill
Hilary Crowson
Julie
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Directors

Robin Nash
(36 episodes, 1987-1989)
John B. Hobbs
(21 episodes, 1990-1991)
Susan Belbin
(18 episodes, 1986-1987)
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Producers

Robin Nash
producer / executive producer (55 episodes, 1986-1991)
John B. Hobbs
producer
(21 episodes, 1990-1991)
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Writers

Carla Lane
written by
(74 episodes, 1986-1991)
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Keywords

mother son relationship
brother sister relationship
unemployment
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Country of Origin

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Languages

English

Release Dates

May 1st, 1986 (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)

Alternative Titles

Bread (original title)
Bread (Australia)
Bread (Canada) (English title)
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Locations

Elswick Street, Dingle, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Running Times

70 min ((1 episode))

Sound Mixes

Mono

Production Companies

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Albania)

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