Bread
- TV Series
- 1986–1991
- 30m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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The series set in working-class Liverpool. Meet the Boswells: they're penniless, jobless and with little hope of things improving, but life's never stale.The series set in working-class Liverpool. Meet the Boswells: they're penniless, jobless and with little hope of things improving, but life's never stale.The series set in working-class Liverpool. Meet the Boswells: they're penniless, jobless and with little hope of things improving, but life's never stale.
- Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
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- TriviaPeter Howitt left in the 1988 Christmas Special and was replaced by Graham Bickley and Gilly Coman also left in the 1988 Christmas Special and was replaced by Melanie Hill. Victor McGuire had taken a break from the show and it was written into Series 4 that his character Jack had gone off to visit America.
- Quotes
Lilo Lil: Look, we're both women. We have handbags, and ovaries. We're as devious and clever as a gifted monkey, and here we are fighting over a little man with a yellow cart.
Nellie Boswell: Is that how you see him?
Lilo Lil: No. I thought that's how you might see him.
- ConnectionsEdited into Auntie's Bloomers: More Auntie's Bloomers (1992)
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One of the Greatest British Sitcoms
I love this show! I used to watch this when my family was stationed in England and it became a favorite for my whole family. The mother was one of the best; loud, dominant, and acid tongued. She keeps her five children at home with her, as her husband continues coming back and forth between his family and his Irish mistress. Some of the best scenes are between the mother (Nelly Boswell) and the mistress (Lillian, but known as Li Lo Lil or Tart). Joey was a hottie with his bleach blond hair and black leather clothing. Aveline was the cute, but bumbling model. Jack was the shy, overweight antiques dealer. Adrian was the sexually repressed poet. And Billy, the youngest, was a daddy at 16. This comedy was great when its original cast was present, but once the actors playing Joey and Aveline left, it lost its humor. I'll always remember Bread for Nelly standing on her doorstop screaming," SHE IS A TART!" and then crossing herself before she returns to her chaotic family. A British Married With Children, but funnier. If you see this show, watch it!
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