Bread

7 Seasons 1986 - 1991 NR 1h 10m 6.3

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 to government handouts and various...

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 to 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.

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Episodes:

Episode 1

1.

Aired: May 1, 1986

The family talks about their dreams and what they hope to achieve in the futu...

Episode 2

2.

Aired: May 8, 1986

Joey has to sit down and have a conversation with Billy bout the amount of ti...

Episode 3

3.

Aired: May 15, 1986

All the family is pleased when estranged father Freddie comes to visit - exce...

Episode 4

4.

Aired: May 22, 1986

Joey confronts Freddie over the stolen money and learns it was to impress his...

Episode 5

5.

Aired: May 29, 1986

The family cannot afford the electricity bill so Joey sends Billy to the DHSS...

Episode 6

6.

Aired: Jun 5, 1986

Bad news comes in spades for the Boswells as Adrian is made redundant, Joey m...

Info about Bread

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Comedy