The WORST episodes of Bread

Every episode of Bread ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Bread!

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.

Last Updated: 1/19/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
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Episode 10
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#1 - Episode 10

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/3/1991

Joey and Adrian return from Gretna Green with their respective wives, Leonora has a surprise for Jack and Grandad dreams of Edie Matheson.

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Episode 9
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#2 - Episode 9

Season 8 - Episode 9 - Aired 10/27/1991

Adrian, who has been writing his memoirs, makes a decision that will change his life. Joey has reached the end of his tether.

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#3 - Episode 8

Season 8 - Episode 8 - Aired 10/20/1991

Connie and Oswald join the holiday to see Billy and Aveline, and Joey’s protest about the game shooting on the estate wins him an admirer.

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#4 - Episode 7

Season 8 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/1991

Mrs Boswell, newly released from hospital, meets the family at the Victorian mansion for their holiday. But things aren’t exactly relaxing.

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#5 - Episode 6

Season 8 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/1991

The Boswell family try to cope without Mum, who has some surprise visitors - her ‘fancy man’ Derek and Lilo Lill.

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#6 - Episode 5

Season 8 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/1991

Mrs Boswell is rushed to hospital after a day out with her friend Derek. Meanwhile, Grandad receives a visit from Lilo Lill.

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#7 - Episode 4

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/1991

Mrs Boswell has trouble with a neighbour, Billy has a new job and Aveline is offered the chance of a lifetime.

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#8 - Episode 3

Season 8 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1991

Mrs Boswell has her cards read to help find out where Freddie is. Meanwhile the rest of the family check out a country mansion.

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#9 - Episode 2

Season 8 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1991

Mrs Boswell reports Freddie's disappearance - as Jack and Leonora discover that somebody else is looking for him.

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#10 - Episode 1

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1991

Joey’s past returns to haunt him. Billy finds himself in trouble with the law, and Freddie is notable by his absence.

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Episode 13
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#11 - Episode 13

Season 6 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/3/1989

It's Ma Boswell's birthday and she waits by the phone for Derek to ring and make her day. A surprise visit from Roxy causes Joey problems but he is surprised by his mother's reaction when he finally admits the relationship to her.

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Episode 12
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#12 - Episode 12

Season 6 - Episode 12 - Aired 11/26/1989

Aveline is finally pregnant but the timing is not to her liking now she has made the "glossies". Meanwhile, Grandad has been robbed, but his possessions are replaced when all the family rally round.

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Episode 1
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#13 - Episode 1

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/10/1989

Adrian becomes a hero by accident and, despite warnings, starts to embellish his role in the proceedings. Billy is troubled by his forthcoming divorce, Joey gets a worrying letter from the Inland Revenue and Aveline has a check up after failing to become pregnant.

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Episode 9
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#14 - 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.

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Episode 10
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#15 - 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.

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Episode 11
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#16 - 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.

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Episode 13
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#17 - 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.

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Episode 12
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#18 - 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.

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Episode 9
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#19 - Episode 9

Season 6 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/5/1989

Jack inherits Mrs. Cumberland's dog in her will but the animal is causing quite a stir in the Boswell household. When it disappears Jack becomes the beneficiary of a piece of good fortune - in the shape of Rachael. Billy decides he needs a new look and Freddie gets a new problem to deal with when Lilo Lill announces she has stopped taking the pill!

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Episode 6
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6.33
3 votes

#20 - 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.

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Episode 7
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#21 - 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.

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Episode 8
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3 votes

#22 - 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.

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Episode 7
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6.33
3 votes

#23 - Episode 7

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 10/22/1989

Aveline has good news about Oswald's sperm count, Adrian finally hears from Magdalena and Joey's loyalty to the family drives a bigger wedge between him and Roxy. Meanwhile, Shifty is in trouble with Yizzel and his mate over money, so he steals their car and heads for London - again!

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Episode 11
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#24 - Episode 11

Season 6 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/19/1989

Adrian announces that he is having a second book of poems published but his news is trumped by Aveline's announcement that she is in the "glossies". Their good news is overshadowed when Billy has to be rushed to hospital with a deep cut to his finger.

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Episode 1
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6.33
3 votes

#25 - Episode 1

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/1990

When Leonora arrives to take up residence in Billy's former home, Jack and Adrian are besotted but Billy is horrified as Julie neglected to tell him she was moving. Shifty returns full of apologies and gets a final chance from the family. To add to an eventful 24 hours, their pet dog Mongi has died and the family buries its ashes - then Aveline is rushed to hospital as she is about to give birth.

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