The BEST episodes of Bread
Every episode of Bread ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bread!
Bread was the number 1 comedy show of its time in the UK and was watched by 21 million people. It was based on Liverpudlian family, the Boswells, and showed them in all sorts of situations trying to earn money for the week (hence the title "bread").
#1 - Episode 6
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/1987
The household is in uproar when the Boswells' dog needs an operation. Aveline returns from London after her modelling job.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Episode 5
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/5/1987
Billy is distraught when Julie takes the baby and heads to London to stay with friends, and Freddie Boswell comes home to stay.
Watch Now:Amazon#3 - Episode 1
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/1987
Adrian has found a girlfriend, Carmen. Jack gets hijacked by a couple of punks who need a lift to Manchester.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Episode 6
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 6/5/1986
Billy finds out that he is to become a father, Joey learns of his dad's gambling debt, Adrian is made redundant, Aveline's nude pictures are published and Jack buries a stolen candlestick in his Grandma's grave.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Episode 3
Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/1988
Freddie's visit to the doctor has left him unsure of his future, but only Joey notices that his father is suffering from a serious heart complaint. Celia Higgins arrives in the street but finds getting access to her new home a challenge thanks to the Boswell's fleet of battered vehicles.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Episode 6
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/11/1987
Joey is forced to confront Roxy's husband, with unusual results, and Aveline decides to give up her modelling career.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Episode 13
Season 3 - Episode 13 - Aired 11/29/1987
Freddie has a broken leg and under Nellie's feet again. Roxy has been thrown out by her husband and Joey is caught in the crossfire. When he hears she has a child, and another one on the way, he wrestles with conflicting emotions.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Episode 3
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/15/1986
Freddie's mistress has left him, so he decides to pay the Boswells a visit - and is met with very different reactions.
Watch Now:Amazon#11 - Episode 11
Season 4 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/27/1988
Billy is on the edge of a nervous breakdown as an injured pigeon triggers an outpouring of emotion, while Nellie and Adrian suffer some embarrassing moments.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Episode 3
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/24/1989
Jack soon gets back into the swing of buying and selling but the piano he buys causes more trouble than it is worth. Joey tells his mother about his debt and the family agree to pull together to help him. Meanwhile, Aveline is making every effort to get pregnant and creating problems for Oswald.
Watch Now:Amazon#15 - Episode 2
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/1987
Julie goes into labor earlier than expected and Joey has to come to Billy's rescue.
Watch Now:Amazon#16 - Episode 4
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/22/1986
A photographer suggests Aveline should pose topless and wishes he hadn't. Jack makes an unsuccessful entry into the art world.
Watch Now:Amazon#17 - Episode 3
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/1987
Jack and Adrian witness a burglary, then find themselves pursued by the perpetrators.
Watch Now:Amazon#18 - Episode 2
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/8/1986
Billy buys a ring for Julie, but later learns that opals are bad luck and is told to get rid of it.
Watch Now:Amazon#19 - Episode 8
Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/21/1990
Adrian has become successful and his new found wealth has gone to his head and the distribution of his unwanted goods is not altogether welcome. Grandad worries about his lost pigeon but a visit from the sister of an old acquaintance brings hope for the future for both he and Adrian.
Watch Now:Amazon#20 - Episode 5
Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/30/1990
Billy's van has been broken in to and Joey's new shop has been vandalized - the culprits are unknown. Aveline has decided to leave Oswald and return home to her mother, with her baby. The sibling rivalry over Leonora comes to a head when Jack tells Adrian that he has slept with her.
Watch Now:Amazon#22 - Episode 3
Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/16/1990
To everyone's amazement Shifty has got a job as a bus driver, while Jack and Leonora's relationship is growing ever stronger. Lilo Lill confides in Freddie that she is suffering an incurable illness and hasn't got long to live!
Watch Now:Amazon#23 - Episode 2
Season 6 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/9/1990
A double celebration for the Boswells when Aveline brings her baby home in style and Leonora offers Adrian a job as her chauffeur - even though it is Jack she is interested in. Lilo Lill returns to put another spanner in the Boswell works, just as Joey sets his dad up in business.
Watch Now:Amazon#24 - Episode 5
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/8/1989
Aveline is causing concern for everybody as she continues to believe in her phantom pregnancy. Adrian is concerned that Magdalena has not replied to his letter, Billy hears that Julie has a new lover and Jack goes for a job as a handyman at the 'big house'.
Watch Now:Amazon#25 - Episode 4
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/1/1989
When Adrian helps Jack to recover his stolen piano, they come into conflict with Yizzel and his mate - once again. Lilo Lill has taken a job in service to be near Freddie, whilst Freddie has sold his flat in order to pay Joey's debt.
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