What are the best episodes of Bread?

The best rated episodes of Bread are: Episode 6 - S1E6 rated 7.8, Episode 3 - S4E3 rated 7.7, Episode 2 - S2E2 rated 7.7, Episode 4 - S1E4 rated 7.6, Episode 3 - S2E3 rated 7.6, Episode 1 - S3E1 rated 7.5, Christmas with the Boswells - S4E14 rated 7.5, Episode 6 - S3E6 rated 7.5, Episode 505 - S5E5 rated 7.4, Episode 3 - S1E3 rated 7.4

What are the worst episodes of Bread?

The lowest rated episodes of Bread are: Episode 607 - S6E7 rated 6.3, A Quiet Christmas - S5E14 rated 6.6, Episode 7 - S4E7 rated 6.7, Episode 606 - S6E6 rated 6.7, Episode 506 - S5E6 rated 6.8, Episode 6 - S2E6 rated 6.8, Another Christmas with the Boswells - S6E11 rated 6.8, Episode 6 - S4E6 rated 6.9, Episode 5 - S2E5 rated 6.9, Episode 1 - S2E1 rated 7.0

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Best Episodes of Bread

Episode 6
S1 Ep6
7.8
5th Jun 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.
Episode 3
S4 Ep3
7.7
2nd Oct 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.
Episode 2
S2 Ep2
7.7
15th Jan 1987
Julie goes into labor earlier than expected and Joey has to come to Billy's rescue.
Episode 4
S1 Ep4
7.6
22nd May 1986
A photographer suggests Aveline should pose topless and wishes he hadn't. Jack makes an unsuccessful entry into the art world.
Episode 3
S2 Ep3
7.6
22nd Jan 1987
Jack and Adrian witness a burglary, then find themselves pursued by the perpetrators.
Episode 1
S3 Ep1
7.5
6th Sep 1987
Aveline has been mugged and the Boswell boys make a mass protest at the police station. Billy, meanwhile, has to break the news to his mother that his baby is to be christened in a Protestant church!
Christmas with the Boswells
S4 Ep14
7.5
25th Dec 1988
In this Christmas Special the Boswells holiday in Rome and find their time is filled with happy memories, and new or renewed relationships.
Episode 6
S3 Ep6
7.5
11th Oct 1987
Joey is forced to confront Roxy's husband, with unusual results, and Aveline decides to give up her modelling career.
Episode 505
S5 Ep5
7.4
8th Oct 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'.
Episode 3
S1 Ep3
7.4
15th May 1986
Freddie Boswell makes a return to his family home. He gets a cool reception from his wife and children.
Episode 2
S1 Ep2
7.4
8th May 1986
Billy buys a ring for Julie, but later learns that opals are bad luck and is told to get rid of it.
Episode 503
S5 Ep3
7.3
24th Sep 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.
Episode 602
S6 Ep2
7.3
16th Sep 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.

Worst Episodes of Bread

Episode 607
S6 Ep7
6.3
21st Oct 1990
Nellie is away with her "friend" and finding the experience very uncomfortable; meanwhile, the family try to manage without her. Her absence becomes more acute when Grandad has a fall and breaks his leg!
A Quiet Christmas
S5 Ep14
6.6
25th Dec 1989
Christmas for the Boswells brings its usual mix of hilarity, sadness and surprises.
Episode 7
S4 Ep7
6.7
30th Oct 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.
Episode 606
S6 Ep6
6.7
14th Oct 1990
Billy's constant complaint of being neglected forces him to make an important decision. Nellie makes plans to go away with Derek, Shifty pledges his love to Martina and Lilo Lill plans a candlelit supper for Freddie.
Episode 506
S5 Ep6
6.8
15th Oct 1989
Mongy, the family dog, has been accused of biting a little girl and the police are called in to investigate. Billy changes his image in order to make Julie jealous, Jack gets a bumper wage packet thanks to his eccentric boss and Oswald is being pressurized to have a fertility test.
Episode 6
S2 Ep6
6.8
12th Feb 1987
The Boswell's pet dog, Mongy, is not well and the family rally round to make sure he has every comfort. Meanwhile, Julie has returned from London.
Another Christmas with the Boswells
S6 Ep11
6.8
25th Dec 1990
Mrs Boswell finds that little things can cause enormous problems when all should be peace and tranquility.
Episode 6
S4 Ep6
6.9
23rd Oct 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.
Episode 5
S2 Ep5
6.9
5th Feb 1987
Billy is distraught when Julie takes the baby and heads to London to stay with friends, and Freddie Boswell comes home to stay.
Episode 1
S2 Ep1
7.0
8th Jan 1987
Adrian has found a girlfriend, Carmen. Jack gets hijacked by a couple of punks who need a lift to Manchester.
Episode 1
S4 Ep1
7.0
20th Nov 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.
Episode 507
S5 Ep7
7.0
22nd Oct 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!
Episode 604
S6 Ep4
7.0
30th Sep 1990
Shifty tries to convince Martina that he has changed but ends up taking his passengers on an unexpected trip. Adrian and Jack are both competing for Leonora's affections.

Bread Episode Guide

Episode 1
S1 Ep1
7.1
1st May 1986
The family talks about their dreams and what they hope to achieve in the future. Over breakfast discussions develop about working and what the individual members of the Boswell family do. None appear to have any sort of regular income except Adrian who is in real estate.
Episode 2
S1 Ep2
7.4
8th May 1986
Billy buys a ring for Julie, but later learns that opals are bad luck and is told to get rid of it.
Episode 3
S1 Ep3
7.4
15th May 1986
Freddie Boswell makes a return to his family home. He gets a cool reception from his wife and children.
Episode 4
S1 Ep4
7.6
22nd May 1986
A photographer suggests Aveline should pose topless and wishes he hadn't. Jack makes an unsuccessful entry into the art world.
Episode 5
S1 Ep5
7.1
29th May 1986
Freddie's sea-faring brother has died and the Boswells decide to arrange a burial at sea.
Episode 6
S1 Ep6
7.8
5th Jun 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.

Bread is a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from 1 May 1986 to 3 November 1991. The series focused on the devoutly-Catholic and extended Boswell family of Liverpool, in the district of Dingle, led by its matriarch Nellie through a number of ups and downs as they tried to make their way through life in Thatcher's Britain with no visible means of support. The street shown at the start of each programme is Elswick Street. A family called Boswell had also featured in Lane's earlier sitcom The Liver Birds and Lane admitted in interviews that the two families were probably related. Nellie's feckless and estranged husband, Freddie, left her for another woman known as 'Lilo Lill'. Her children Joey, Jack, Adrian, Aveline and Billy continued to live in the family home in Kelsall Street and contributed money to the central family fund, largely through benefit fraud and the sale of stolen goods.

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