Bread. Image shows from L to R: Joey Boswell (Graham Bickley), Aveline Boswell (Melanie Hill), Nellie Boswell (Jean Boht), Grandad (Kenneth Waller), Shifty (Bryan Murray), Adrian Boswell (Jonathon Morris), Billy Boswell (Nick Conway), Freddie Boswell (Ronald Forfar). Copyright: BBC
Bread

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.

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Series 6, Episode 5

Billy's van has been broken in to and Joey's new shop has been vandalised - the culprits are unknown. Aveline has decided to leave Oswald and return home to her mother, with her baby. The sibling rivalry over Leonora comes to a head when Jack tells Adrian that he has slept with her...

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 7th October 1990
Time
8:35pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Saturday 17th September 2011 7:00am Gold
Sunday 18th September 2011 6:00am Gold
Tuesday 20th December 2011 7:25am Gold
Wednesday 21st December 2011 6:00am Gold
Wednesday 6th June 2012 6:00am Gold
Tuesday 18th September 2012 7:40am Gold
Wednesday 19th September 2012 6:00am Gold
Friday 22nd February 2013 6:00am Gold
Tuesday 18th November 2014 6:40pm Drama
Thursday 12th May 2016 1:40pm Drama
Tuesday 3rd December 2019 5:25pm Drama
Friday 13th March 2020 5:25pm Drama
Wednesday 1st April 2020 5:20pm Drama
Wednesday 20th October 2021 6:00pm Drama
Monday 8th November 2021 6:00pm Drama
Friday 31st December 2021 7:45am Drama

Cast & crew

Cast
Jean Boht Nellie Boswell
Ronald Forfar Freddie Boswell
Jonathon Morris Adrian Boswell
Victor McGuire Jack Boswell
Nick Conway Billy Boswell
Graham Bickley Joey Boswell
Melanie Hill Aveline Boswell
Kenneth Waller Grandad
Bryan Murray Shifty
Eileen Pollock Lilo Lill
Peter Byrne Derek
Giles Watling Oswald
Deborah Grant Leonora Campbell
Guest cast
Bernard Merrick Occasion Cars Driver
Writing team
Carla Lane Writer
Production team
John B Hobbs Director
John B Hobbs Producer
Robin Nash Executive Producer
Richard Dupre Production Designer

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