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Bread (1986)

Comedy

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.

IMDb rating
6.3 (1,675 votes)
Seasons
7
Language
EN
Type
TV series
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Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 7 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (1986)

7.40 avg 6 episodes 7.0 → 7.5

Ep 1: 7.0 · 27 votesEp 2: 7.4 · 20 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 17 votesEp 4: 7.7 · 18 votesEp 5: 7.5 · 19 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 15 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #1.17.027
2Episode #1.27.420
3Episode #1.37.317
4Episode #1.47.718
5Episode #1.57.519
6Episode #1.67.515

Season 2 (1987)

7.42 avg 6 episodes 7.2 → 7.5

Ep 1: 7.2 · 15 votesEp 2: 7.5 · 15 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 16 votesEp 4: 7.6 · 16 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 14 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 14 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #2.17.215
2Episode #2.27.515
3Episode #2.37.316
4Episode #2.47.616
5Episode #2.57.414
6Episode #2.67.514

Season 3 (1987)

7.48 avg 13 episodes 7.5 → 7.5

Ep 1: 7.5 · 15 votesEp 2: 7.9 · 15 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 14 votesEp 4: 7.8 · 18 votesEp 5: 7.0 · 15 votesEp 6: 7.5 · 13 votesEp 7: 7.6 · 14 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 12 votesEp 9: 7.6 · 13 votesEp 10: 7.5 · 12 votesEp 11: 7.3 · 12 votesEp 12: 7.4 · 12 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 12 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #3.17.515
2Episode #3.27.915
3Episode #3.37.214
4Episode #3.47.818
5Episode #3.57.015
6Episode #3.67.513
7Episode #3.77.614
8Episode #3.87.412
9Episode #3.97.613
10Episode #3.107.512
11Episode #3.117.312
12Episode #3.127.412
13Episode #3.137.512

Season 4 (1988)

7.35 avg 14 episodes 7.3 → 7.0

Ep 1: 7.3 · 15 votesEp 2: 7.2 · 13 votesEp 3: 7.3 · 13 votesEp 4: 7.1 · 13 votesEp 5: 7.4 · 13 votesEp 6: 7.4 · 13 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 17 votesEp 8: 7.6 · 14 votesEp 9: 7.3 · 13 votesEp 10: 7.1 · 13 votesEp 11: 7.5 · 13 votesEp 12: 7.7 · 12 votesEp 13: 7.5 · 12 votesEp 14: 7.0 · 17 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #4.17.315
2Episode #4.27.213
3Episode #4.37.313
4Episode #4.47.113
5Episode #4.57.413
6Episode #4.67.413
7Episode #4.77.517
8Episode #4.87.614
9Episode #4.97.313
10Episode #4.107.113
11Episode #4.117.513
12Episode #4.127.712
13Episode #4.137.512
14Christmas with the Boswells7.017

Season 5 (1989)

6.66 avg 14 episodes 7.0 → 6.9

Ep 1: 7.0 · 13 votesEp 2: 6.7 · 11 votesEp 3: 6.8 · 10 votesEp 4: 6.3 · 11 votesEp 5: 6.5 · 10 votesEp 6: 6.4 · 10 votesEp 7: 6.5 · 10 votesEp 8: 6.9 · 10 votesEp 9: 6.8 · 10 votesEp 10: 6.9 · 10 votesEp 11: 6.2 · 10 votesEp 12: 6.8 · 10 votesEp 13: 6.5 · 10 votesEp 14: 6.9 · 14 votes
Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #5.17.013
2Episode #5.26.711
3Episode #5.36.810
4Episode #5.46.311
5Episode #5.56.510
6Episode #5.66.410
7Episode #5.76.510
8Episode #5.86.910
9Episode #5.96.810
10Episode #5.106.910
11Episode #5.116.210
12Episode #5.126.810
13Episode #5.136.510
14A Quiet Christmas6.914

Season 6 (1990)

6.57 avg 11 episodes 6.5 → 6.0

Ep 1: 6.5 · 10 votesEp 2: 6.5 · 10 votesEp 3: 6.7 · 12 votesEp 4: 6.2 · 10 votesEp 5: 6.3 · 11 votesEp 6: 7.0 · 10 votesEp 7: 6.5 · 10 votesEp 8: 6.8 · 10 votesEp 9: 6.5 · 10 votesEp 10: 7.3 · 9 votesEp 11: 6.0 · 12 votes
Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #6.16.510
2Episode #6.26.510
3Episode #6.36.712
4Episode #6.46.210
5Episode #6.56.311
6Episode #6.67.010
7Episode #6.76.510
8Episode #6.86.810
9Episode #6.96.510
10Episode #6.107.39
11Another Christmas with the Boswells6.012

Season 7 (1991)

6.45 avg 10 episodes 7.0 → 6.6

Ep 1: 7.0 · 12 votesEp 2: 6.4 · 10 votesEp 3: 6.4 · 10 votesEp 4: 5.9 · 11 votesEp 5: 6.4 · 10 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 11 votesEp 7: 6.4 · 11 votesEp 8: 6.2 · 10 votesEp 9: 6.1 · 10 votesEp 10: 6.6 · 12 votes
Season 7 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Episode #7.17.012
2Episode #7.26.410
3Episode #7.36.410
4Episode #7.45.911
5Episode #7.56.410
6Episode #7.67.111
7Episode #7.76.411
8Episode #7.86.210
9Episode #7.96.110
10Episode #7.106.612
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