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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.
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.
Credits
Carla Lane
director
Peter Howitt
Joey Boswell
Jean Boht
Nellie Boswell
Bryan Murray
Shifty Boswell
Jonathon Morris
Adrian Boswell
Deborah Grant
Leonora Campbell
Kenneth Waller
Grandad
Melanie Hill
Aveline Boswell
Caroline Milmoe
Julie Jefferson
Gilly Coman
Aveline Boswell
Victor McGuire
Jack Boswell
Barbara New
May's Neighbour
Barry McCarthy
RSPCA Warden
J.G. Devlin
Father Dooley
Michael J. Jackson
Photographer
Jackie Downey
Waitress
Charles Lawson
Yizzel
Simon Rouse
Yizzel's Mate
Danny Cunningham
Youth
Christopher Ellison
DHSS Claimant
Tim Dantay
Hijacker
Derek Deadman
Robber's Mate (Jacko)
Eileen Pollock
Lilo Lill
Myfanwy Talog
Posh Lady
Brian Croucher
Policeman
Al T. Kossy
Antique Dealer
John Woodnutt
Vicar
Reginald Marsh
Doctor
Rita Tushingham
Celia Higgins
Peter Byrne
Derek
Nick Maloney
Mr. Woodstock
Carl Rice
Boy
Mary Maude
Lady Bowford
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