Bread
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1986 - 1991
- 74 episodes (7 series)
Liverpudlian Boswell family are experts at exploiting the system to get by in life, with plenty of dodgy deals and government handouts to help. Stars Jean Boht, Peter Howitt, Ronald Forfar, Jonathon Morris, Victor McGuire and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Sitcom
- Broadcast
- 1986 - 1991
- Channel
- BBC 1
- Episodes
- 74 (7 series)
- Stars
- Jean Boht, Peter Howitt, Ronald Forfar, Jonathon Morris, Victor McGuire, Gilly Coman, Nick Conway, Graham Bickley and more
- Writer
- Carla Lane
- Directors
- Susan Belbin, Robin Nash and John B Hobbs
- Producers
- Robin Nash and John B Hobbs
- Company
The Liverpool-based Boswell family are experts at exploiting the system to get by in life. Despite the fact that none of the Boswells are officially employed, they manage to live a fairly good life thanks government handouts and various cash-in-hand jobs.
Family life for the Boswells centres around their God-fearing Catholic mother, Nellie. With her husband having left her for "a tart", she relies upon her eldest son, Joey, to play the father's role to her other three sons, Jack, Adrian and Billy, and her daughter Aveline.
Their ability to squeeze the DHSS dry, while the boys earn a living on the side, is legendary. But, although the family is the focus of their lives, they each have different reasons to be unhappy!
Additional details
- Production setting
- Studio
- Camera set-up
- Multi-camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- First broadcast
- Thursday 1st May 1986 at 9:30pm on BBC One
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 25th October 2022 at 8:00pm on BBC4 - Series 5, Episode 1
- Wednesday 12th January 2022 at 8:00am on U&Drama - Series 7, Episode 10
- Wednesday 12th January 2022 at 7:30am on U&Drama - Series 7, Episode 9
Recording details
- Liverpool - 30 Elswick Street, L8 (Link)
- BBC Television Centre