The BEST episodes of Bread season 5
Every episode of Bread season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Bread season 5!
They're penniless, jobless and with little hope of things ever improving, but life's never stale in the Boswell household. Sitcom set in Liverpool, written by Carla Lane.
#1 - Episode 5
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/1988
Billy and Adrian both leave home and Nellie decides to teach them a lesson by delivering their belongings to them personally. They both realise that the grass is not so green on the other side and return home, while Shifty appears to be heading in the opposite direction.
Watch Now:Amazon#2 - Episode 3
Season 5 - 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#3 - Episode 1
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/1988
Jack has left home to go to America for a while and Nellie is missing him greatly. Cousin Shifty is coming out of prison and heading for the Boswell home, and Aveline is engaged to a protestant vicar who none of the family have met.
Watch Now:Amazon#4 - Episode 2
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/1988
Aveline brings Oswald home and he finds a family in chaos when they all show him their true colours. Adrian is accepted as a male model after a less than impressive interview and Shifty is back to his old ways.
Watch Now:Amazon#5 - Episode 4
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/1988
Yizzel's mate involves Shifty in an insurance job on his car but forgets that he didn't have an MOT certificate. Meanwhile, Shifty's romance with Martina continues and Celia starts to bond with Nellie.
Watch Now:Amazon#6 - Episode 7
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/30/1988
Joey gives Freddie an ultimatum - Lilo Lill or his mum. Linda McCartney opens an Animal Rescue Centre and, while getting her autograph, Billy invites her round for tea if she's ever "passing". She does - and an unwitting Nellie tells her all her troubles.
Watch Now:Amazon#7 - Episode 8
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/6/1988
Adrian buys gifts for the family when his poems are published but, when he purchases some dodgy video machines he gets both himself and Billy in trouble with the police. As if her two sons being in trouble were not enough, Nellie is furious when Shifty is also arrested for driving a stolen vehicle.
Watch Now:Amazon#8 - Episode 9
Season 5 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/13/1988
Nellie has a chance encounter with a man in the park and finds it difficult to put him out of her mind. Aveline has split up with Oswald, and Joey confronts Roxy about an anonymous letter sent to his mother.
Watch Now:Amazon#9 - Episode 10
Season 5 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/20/1988
The family seems to have enough problems without Nellie worrying about her friendship with Derek. Joey tries to help out Roxy by giving her money, and Adrian gives Billy a fruitless lesson in tact and diplomacy.
Watch Now:Amazon#10 - Episode 11
Season 5 - 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#11 - Episode 12
Season 5 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/4/1988
Freddie has a turn for the worse and returns to the family, but a battle over who should look after him breaks out when Lilo Lill turns up. Aveline's wedding is now finally confirmed, and Joey misses another rendezvous with Roxy.
Watch Now:Amazon#12 - Episode 6
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/1988
Nellie advises the family against fussing over their dad, but she knows that she's wasting her breath. Shifty attempts to move in with Martina but finds it impossible to leave Grandad on his own. Meanwhile, Adrian's joy at publication of his poems is short-lived when he is nearly arrested.
Watch Now:Amazon#13 - Episode 13
Season 5 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/11/1988
The preparations for Aveline's wedding are chaotic with arguments aplenty, but these things never run smoothly ... especially when Yizzel and his mate are in charge of the wedding cars.
Watch Now:Amazon