Bread
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1986 - 1991
- 74 episodes (7 series)
Liverpudlian Boswell family are experts at exploiting the system to get by in life, with plenty of dodgy deals and government handouts to help. Stars Jean Boht, Peter Howitt, Ronald Forfar, Jonathon Morris, Victor McGuire and more.
Press clippings Page 2
Bread actress Gilly Coman dies aged 50
The actress who played Aveline in the 1980s Liverpool sitcom Bread has died from a suspected heart attack.
BBC News, 16th July 2010But somehow with Carla Lane's skill and wit, it all hung together. I found myself worrying about Dad's bad heart and feeling sorry for the deflated Lilo Lil in Sunday's super wedding episode.
Hilary Kingsley, The Mirror, 17th December 1988Finally, a plea to writer Carla Lane from all Peter Howitt fans: can't you give him something to do? At the moment, all his lines seem to consist of "settle down ma'am" when she calls Lilo Lil a tart, and keeping his brothers in order. Lots of romance and storylines for Joey, please. He's far too good to waste.
Antonia Swinson, The Daily Express, 10th October 1988It's funny. At the same time Miss Lane has never lost her ability to catch you at the back of the throat when you least expect it.
Nina Myskow, The Daily Express, 14th September 1987There was also canned laughter on BBC1 with Carla Lane's Bread], about a Liverpool family deserted by their father. In attempting to be more serious than perhaps she is capable, Carla Lane bastes an ordinary sitcom with the watery sauce of Catholicism and social concern.
Nicholas Shakespeare, The Times, 16th May 1986