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.

  • JustWatch Streaming rank this week: 5,532

Episode menu

Series 6, Episode 7

Nellie is away with her "friend" and finding the experience very uncomfortable; meanwhile, the family try to manage without her. Her absence becomes more acute when Grandad has a fall and breaks his leg!

Broadcast details

Date
Sunday 21st October 1990
Time
8:35pm
Channel
BBC One
Length
30 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Thursday 22nd December 2011 7:30am Gold
Friday 23rd December 2011 6:00am Gold
Thursday 7th June 2012 7:40am Gold
Friday 8th June 2012 6:00am Gold
Thursday 20th September 2012 7:40am Gold
Friday 21st September 2012 6:00am Gold
Saturday 23rd February 2013 6:00am Gold
Thursday 20th November 2014 6:40pm Drama
Monday 16th May 2016 1:40pm Drama
Thursday 5th December 2019 5:25pm Drama
Tuesday 17th March 2020 5:25pm Drama
Friday 3rd April 2020 5:20pm Drama
Friday 22nd October 2021 6:00pm Drama
Saturday 23rd October 2021 3:10am Drama
Wednesday 10th November 2021 6:00pm Drama
Monday 3rd January 2022 7:55am 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
Eileen Pollock Lilo Lill
Peter Byrne Derek
Giles Watling Oswald
Deborah Grant Leonora Campbell
Guest cast
Philip O'Brien Priest
Hugo Conlon Ambulance Man
Writing team
Carla Lane Writer
Production team
John B Hobbs Director
John B Hobbs Producer
Robin Nash Executive Producer
Richard Dupre Production Designer

Share this page