"Bread" (1986) TV series 1986-1991

Creator:

Carla Lane

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Release Date:

1 May 1986 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot Keywords:

Liverpool

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Jean Boht	...	Nellie Boswell (74 episodes, 1986-1991)
Nick Conway	...	Billy Boswell (74 episodes, 1986-1991)
Jonathon Morris	...	Adrian Boswell (74 episodes, 1986-1991)
Kenneth Waller	...	Grandad (74 episodes, 1986-1991)
Victor McGuire	...	Jack Boswell (61 episodes, 1986-1991)
Bryan Murray	...	Shifty Boswell (49 episodes, 1988-1991)
Giles Watling	...	Oswald (49 episodes, 1988-1991)
Hilary Crowson	...	Julie (41 episodes, 1987-1989)
Peter Howitt	...	Joey Boswell (39 episodes, 1986-1988)
Gilly Coman	...	Aveline Boswell (39 episodes, 1986-1988)
Ronald Forfar	...	Freddie Boswell (37 episodes, 1986-1990)
Graham Bickley	...	Joey Boswell (35 episodes, 1989-1991)
Melanie Hill	...	Aveline Boswell (35 episodes, 1989-1991)

Runtime:

30 min (71 episodes) | 50 min (2 episodes) | 70 min (1 episode)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Elswick Street, Dingle, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

Lilo Lil's real name is Lillian Whittaker.

Quotes:

Martina: There's more money goes into your house than through Tesco's till.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Return of 'Allo 'Allo! (2007) (TV)

Want a few easy laughs? Patronise the working class

It's so easy to survive poverty and economic depression. All you need is the wit and the nerve to outsmart Government bureaucracy. Then you can have a decent home with plenty of food on the table, you can even run a classic Jaguar!

At a time when Margaret Thatcher and her thugs were destroying UK manufacturing industry and throwing whole communities on the scrap heap of unemployment, 'Bread' came along to show working class people were lovable scallywags who could rake in pots of money from the Department of Social Security by running rings around the rules.

I can only assume no-one associated with this condescending garbage has ever been faced with actually trying to prove they are "genuinely seeking work" (which required a file of rejection letters as thick as a telephone directory) or making their remaining £5 (or $8) last until they are allowed more social security.

The alternative was to get a job as a 'security guard' being paid £1.95 (or $3.40) an hour. Oh, and you had to provide your own dog.

If you want to know what working class life was like in Liverpool in the 80's, watch 'Boys from the Blackstuff', not this rubbish.