Bread (TV series)

Bread
Elswick Street: Where the exterior shots were filmed.
Created byCarla Lane
Written byCarla Lane
Directed bySusan Belbin (1986–1988)
Robin Nash (1987–1989)
John B. Hobbs (1990–1991)
StarringJean Boht
Peter Howitt
Nick Conway
Victor McGuire
Jonathon Morris
Gilly Coman
Kenneth Waller
Ronald Forfar
Bryan Murray
J. G. Devlin
Graham Bickley
Melanie Hill
Deborah Grant
Pamela Power
Opening themeDavid Mackay
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series7
No. of episodes74 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerRobin Nash (1986–1991)
ProducersRobin Nash (1986–1991)
John B. Hobbs (1990–1991)
Production locationsDingle, Liverpool, England
EditorsJohn Dunstan (1986–1991)
Chris Wadsworth (1987)
Camera setupMulti-camera
Running time30 mins
Production companyBBC
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release1 May 1986 (1986-05-01) –
3 November 1991 (1991-11-03)
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Bread is a British television sitcom, written and created by Carla Lane, about a close-knit, working-class family in Liverpool, England. It was produced by the BBC and screened on BBC1 from 1 May 1986 to 3 November 1991. In 1988, the ratings for the series peaked at 21 million viewers.[1]

  1. ^ "BBC – Comedy Guide – Bread". 29 December 2004. Archived from the original on 29 December 2004. Retrieved 8 February 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)