List of Bread episodes

Bread is a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, about a close-knit, working-class family in Liverpool. 74 episodes aired, over 7 series and 3 Christmas specials, between 1986 and 1991.^[1]

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally released
Series	Episodes	First released	Last released
1	6	1 May 1986 (1986-05-01)	5 June 1986 (1986-06-05)
2	6	8 January 1987 (1987-01-08)	19 February 1987 (1987-02-19)
3	13	6 September 1987 (1987-09-06)	29 November 1987 (1987-11-29)
4	13	18 September 1988 (1988-09-18)	11 December 1988 (1988-12-11)
Special		25 December 1988 (1988-12-25)
5	13	10 September 1989 (1989-09-10)	3 December 1989 (1989-12-03)
Special		25 December 1989 (1989-12-25)
6	10	2 September 1990 (1990-09-02)	4 November 1990 (1990-11-04)
Special		25 December 1990 (1990-12-25)
7	10	1 September 1991 (1991-09-01)	3 November 1991 (1991-11-03)

Episodes

Series 1 (1986)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[2]	UK viewers (millions)
1	1	"Series 1 Episode 1"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	1 May 1986 (1986-05-01)	12.60
2	2	"Series 1 Episode 2"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	8 May 1986 (1986-05-08)	13.05
3	3	"Series 1 Episode 3"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	15 May 1986 (1986-05-15)	N/A
4	4	"Series 1 Episode 4"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	22 May 1986 (1986-05-22)	11.60
5	5	"Series 1 Episode 5"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	29 May 1986 (1986-05-29)	N/A
6	6	"Series 1 Episode 6"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	5 June 1986 (1986-06-05)	N/A

Series 2 (1987)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[3]	UK viewers (millions)
7	1	"Series 2 Episode 1"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	8 January 1987 (1987-01-08)	N/A
8	2	"Series 2 Episode 2"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	15 January 1987 (1987-01-15)	N/A
9	3	"Series 2 Episode 3"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	22 January 1987 (1987-01-22)	N/A
10	4	"Series 2 Episode 4"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	5 February 1987 (1987-02-05)	12.95
11	5	"Series 2 Episode 5"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	12 February 1987 (1987-02-12)	N/A
12	6	"Series 2 Episode 6"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	19 February 1987 (1987-02-19)	N/A

Series 3 (1987)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[4]	UK viewers (millions)
13	1	"Series 3 Episode 1"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	6 September 1987 (1987-09-06)	12.20
14	2	"Series 3 Episode 2"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	13 September 1987 (1987-09-13)	11.10
15	3	"Series 3 Episode 3"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	20 September 1987 (1987-09-20)	13.40
16	4	"Series 3 Episode 4"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	27 September 1987 (1987-09-27)	N/A
17	5	"Series 3 Episode 5"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	4 October 1987 (1987-10-04)	12.50
18	6	"Series 3 Episode 6"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	11 October 1987 (1987-10-11)	13.65
19	7	"Series 3 Episode 7"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	18 October 1987 (1987-10-18)	14.40

Series 4 (1987)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[5]	UK viewers (millions)
20	1	"Series 4 Episode 1"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	25 October 1987 (1987-10-25)	14.60
21	2	"Series 4 Episode 2"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	1 November 1987 (1987-11-01)	15.00
22	3	"Series 4Episode 3"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	8 November 1987 (1987-11-08)	15.80
23	4	"Series 4 Episode 4"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	15 November 1987 (1987-11-15)	15.10
24	5	"Series 4 Episode 5"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	22 November 1987 (1987-11-22)	16.00
25	6	"Series 4 Episode 6"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	29 November 1987 (1987-11-29)	14.85

Series 5 (1988)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[6]	UK viewers (millions)
26	1	"Series 5 Episode 1"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	18 September 1988 (1988-09-18)	N/A
27	2	"Series 5 Episode 2"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)	N/A
28	3	"Series 5 Episode 3"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	2 October 1988 (1988-10-02)	N/A
29	4	"Series 5 Episode 4"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	9 October 1988 (1988-10-09)	16.45
30	5	"Series 5 Episode 5"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	16 October 1988 (1988-10-16)	17.25
31	6	"Series 5 Episode 6"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	23 October 1988 (1988-10-23)	17.10
32	7	"Series 5 Episode 7"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	30 October 1988 (1988-10-30)	19.90
33	8	"Series 5 Episode 8"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	6 November 1988 (1988-11-06)	N/A
34	9	"Series 5 Episode 9"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	13 November 1988 (1988-11-13)	N/A
35	10	"Series 5 Episode 10"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	20 November 1988 (1988-11-20)	N/A
36	11	"Series 5 Episode 11"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	27 November 1988 (1988-11-27)	N/A
37	12	"Series 5 Episode 12"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	4 December 1988 (1988-12-04)	20.15
38	13	"Series 5 Episode 13"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	11 December 1988 (1988-12-11)	20.95 ^[7]

Special (1988)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[8]	UK viewers (millions)
39	14	"Christmas Special"	N/A	Carla Lane	25 December 1988 (1988-12-25)	18.00

Series 6 (1989)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[9]	UK viewers (millions)
40	1	"Series 6 Episode 1"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	10 September 1989 (1989-09-10)	N/A
41	2	"Series 6 Episode 2"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	17 September 1989 (1989-09-17)	N/A
42	3	"Series 6 Episode 3"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	24 September 1989 (1989-09-24)	N/A
43	4	"Series 6 Episode 4"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	1 October 1989 (1989-10-01)	N/A
44	5	"Series 6 Episode 5"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	8 October 1989 (1989-10-08)	N/A
45	6	"Series 6 Episode 6"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	15 October 1989 (1989-10-15)	N/A
46	7	"Series 6 Episode 7"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	22 October 1989 (1989-10-22)	N/A
47	8	"Series 6 Episode 8"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	29 October 1989 (1989-10-29)	N/A
48	9	"Series 6 Episode 9"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	5 November 1989 (1989-11-05)	N/A
49	10	"Series 6 Episode 10"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	12 November 1989 (1989-11-12)	N/A
50	11	"Series 6 Episode 11"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	19 November 1989 (1989-11-19)	N/A
51	12	"Series 6 Episode 12"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	26 November 1989 (1989-11-26)	N/A
52	13	"Series 6 Episode 13"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	3 December 1989 (1989-12-03)	N/A

Special (1989)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[10]	UK viewers (millions)
53	S	"Christmas Special"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	25 December 1989 (1989-12-25)	16.51 ^[11]

Series 7 (1990)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[12]	UK viewers (millions)
54	1	"Series 7 Episode 1"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	2 September 1990 (1990-09-02)	N/A
55	2	"Series 7 Episode 2"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	9 September 1990 (1990-09-09)	N/A
56	3	"Series 7 Episode 3"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	16 September 1990 (1990-09-16)	N/A
57	4	"Series 7 Episode 4"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	23 September 1990 (1990-09-23)	N/A
58	5	"Series 7 Episode 5"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	30 September 1990 (1990-09-30)	N/A
59	6	"Series 7 Episode 6"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	7 October 1990 (1990-10-07)	N/A
60	7	"Series 7 Episode 7"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	14 October 1990 (1990-10-14)	N/A
61	8	"Series 7 Episode 8"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	21 October 1990 (1990-10-21)	N/A
62	9	"Series 7 Episode 9"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	28 October 1990 (1990-10-28)	N/A
63	10	"Series 7 Episode 10"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	4 November 1990 (1990-11-04)	N/A

Special (1990)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[13]	UK viewers (millions)
64	11	"Christmas Special"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	25 December 1990 (1990-12-25)	N/A

Series 8 (1991)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[14]	UK viewers (millions)
65	1	"Series 8 Episode 1"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	1 September 1991 (1991-09-01)	N/A
66	2	"Series 8 Episode 2"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	8 September 1991 (1991-09-08)	N/A
67	3	"Series 8 Episode 3"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	15 September 1991 (1991-09-15)	N/A
68	4	"Series 8 Episode 4"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	22 September 1991 (1991-09-22)	N/A
69	5	"Series 8 Episode 5"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	29 September 1991 (1991-09-29)	N/A
70	6	"Series 8 Episode 6"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	6 October 1991 (1991-10-06)	N/A
71	7	"Series 8 Episode 7"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	13 October 1991 (1991-10-13)	N/A
72	8	"Series 8 Episode 8"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	20 October 1991 (1991-10-20)	N/A
73	9	"Series 8 Episode 9"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	27 October 1991 (1991-10-27)	N/A
74	10	"Series 8 Episode 10"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	3 November 1991 (1991-11-03)	N/A

References

^ "Bread (1986-91)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ "Search results for Bread each Thursday from May 1986 to June 1986 on BBC1, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ "Search results for Bread each Thursday from January 1987 to February 1987 on BBC1, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1987 to October 1987 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ "Search results for Bread each Sunday from October 1987 to November 1987 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1988 to December 1988 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ "TV since 1981 (1988)". BARB. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ "Bread BBC One London, 25 December 1988 15.15". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1989 to December 1989 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ "Bread BBC One London, 25 December 1989 15.15". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ "TV since 1981 (1989)". BARB. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
^ "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1990 to November 1990 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ "Bread BBC One London, 25 December 1990 19.30". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
^ "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1991 to November 1991 on BBC1 between 19:00 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

Sources

"Genome BETA Radio Times 1923 - 2009". BBC. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
"Bread - Episodes". BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[1] "Bread (1986-91)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[2] "Search results for Bread each Thursday from May 1986 to June 1986 on BBC1, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[3] "Search results for Bread each Thursday from January 1987 to February 1987 on BBC1, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[4] "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1987 to October 1987 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[5] "Search results for Bread each Sunday from October 1987 to November 1987 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[6] "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1988 to December 1988 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[7] "TV since 1981 (1988)". BARB. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[8] "Bread BBC One London, 25 December 1988 15.15". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[9] "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1989 to December 1989 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[10] "Bread BBC One London, 25 December 1989 15.15". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[11] "TV since 1981 (1989)". BARB. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[12] "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1990 to November 1990 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[13] "Bread BBC One London, 25 December 1990 19.30". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[14] "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1991 to November 1991 on BBC1 between 19:00 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

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