List of Bread episodes

Last updated September 17, 2025

Bread is a British television sitcom, written by Carla Lane, about a close-knit, working-class family in Liverpool. 74 episodes aired, over 7 series and 3 Christmas specials, between 1986 and 1991.^[1]

Series overview

Series	Episodes	Originally released
Series	Episodes	First released	Last released
1	6	1 May 1986 (1986-05-01)	5 June 1986 (1986-06-05)
2	6	8 January 1987 (1987-01-08)	19 February 1987 (1987-02-19)
3	13	6 September 1987 (1987-09-06)	29 November 1987 (1987-11-29)
4	13	18 September 1988 (1988-09-18)	11 December 1988 (1988-12-11)
Special		25 December 1988 (1988-12-25)
5	13	10 September 1989 (1989-09-10)	3 December 1989 (1989-12-03)
Special		25 December 1989 (1989-12-25)
6	10	2 September 1990 (1990-09-02)	4 November 1990 (1990-11-04)
Special		25 December 1990 (1990-12-25)
7	10	1 September 1991 (1991-09-01)	3 November 1991 (1991-11-03)

Episodes

Series 1 (1986)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[2]	UK viewers (millions)
1	1	"Series 1 Episode 1"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	1 May 1986 (1986-05-01)	12.60
2	2	"Series 1 Episode 2"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	8 May 1986 (1986-05-08)	13.05
3	3	"Series 1 Episode 3"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	15 May 1986 (1986-05-15)	N/A
4	4	"Series 1 Episode 4"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	22 May 1986 (1986-05-22)	11.60
5	5	"Series 1 Episode 5"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	29 May 1986 (1986-05-29)	N/A
6	6	"Series 1 Episode 6"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	5 June 1986 (1986-06-05)	N/A

Series 2 (1987)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[3]	UK viewers (millions)
7	1	"Series 2 Episode 1"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	8 January 1987 (1987-01-08)	N/A
8	2	"Series 2 Episode 2"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	15 January 1987 (1987-01-15)	N/A
9	3	"Series 2 Episode 3"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	22 January 1987 (1987-01-22)	N/A
10	4	"Series 2 Episode 4"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	5 February 1987 (1987-02-05)	12.95
11	5	"Series 2 Episode 5"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	12 February 1987 (1987-02-12)	N/A
12	6	"Series 2 Episode 6"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	19 February 1987 (1987-02-19)	N/A

Series 3 (1987)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[4]	UK viewers (millions)
13	1	"Series 3 Episode 1"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	6 September 1987 (1987-09-06)	12.20
14	2	"Series 3 Episode 2"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	13 September 1987 (1987-09-13)	11.10
15	3	"Series 3 Episode 3"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	20 September 1987 (1987-09-20)	13.40
16	4	"Series 3 Episode 4"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	27 September 1987 (1987-09-27)	N/A
17	5	"Series 3 Episode 5"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	4 October 1987 (1987-10-04)	12.50
18	6	"Series 3 Episode 6"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	11 October 1987 (1987-10-11)	13.65
19	7	"Series 3 Episode 7"	Susan Belbin	Carla Lane	18 October 1987 (1987-10-18)	14.40

Series 4 (1987)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[5]	UK viewers (millions)
20	1	"Series 4 Episode 1"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	25 October 1987 (1987-10-25)	14.60
21	2	"Series 4 Episode 2"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	1 November 1987 (1987-11-01)	15.00
22	3	"Series 4Episode 3"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	8 November 1987 (1987-11-08)	15.80
23	4	"Series 4 Episode 4"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	15 November 1987 (1987-11-15)	15.10
24	5	"Series 4 Episode 5"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	22 November 1987 (1987-11-22)	16.00
25	6	"Series 4 Episode 6"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	29 November 1987 (1987-11-29)	14.85

Series 5 (1988)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[6]	UK viewers (millions)
26	1	"Series 5 Episode 1"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	18 September 1988 (1988-09-18)	N/A
27	2	"Series 5 Episode 2"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	25 September 1988 (1988-09-25)	N/A
28	3	"Series 5 Episode 3"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	2 October 1988 (1988-10-02)	N/A
29	4	"Series 5 Episode 4"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	9 October 1988 (1988-10-09)	16.45
30	5	"Series 5 Episode 5"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	16 October 1988 (1988-10-16)	17.25
31	6	"Series 5 Episode 6"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	23 October 1988 (1988-10-23)	17.10
32	7	"Series 5 Episode 7"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	30 October 1988 (1988-10-30)	19.90
33	8	"Series 5 Episode 8"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	6 November 1988 (1988-11-06)	N/A
34	9	"Series 5 Episode 9"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	13 November 1988 (1988-11-13)	N/A
35	10	"Series 5 Episode 10"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	20 November 1988 (1988-11-20)	N/A
36	11	"Series 5 Episode 11"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	27 November 1988 (1988-11-27)	N/A
37	12	"Series 5 Episode 12"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	4 December 1988 (1988-12-04)	20.15
38	13	"Series 5 Episode 13"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	11 December 1988 (1988-12-11)	20.95 ^[7]

Special (1988)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[8]	UK viewers (millions)
39	14	"Christmas Special"	N/A	Carla Lane	25 December 1988 (1988-12-25)	18.00

Series 6 (1989)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[9]	UK viewers (millions)
40	1	"Series 6 Episode 1"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	10 September 1989 (1989-09-10)	N/A
41	2	"Series 6 Episode 2"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	17 September 1989 (1989-09-17)	N/A
42	3	"Series 6 Episode 3"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	24 September 1989 (1989-09-24)	N/A
43	4	"Series 6 Episode 4"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	1 October 1989 (1989-10-01)	N/A
44	5	"Series 6 Episode 5"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	8 October 1989 (1989-10-08)	N/A
45	6	"Series 6 Episode 6"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	15 October 1989 (1989-10-15)	N/A
46	7	"Series 6 Episode 7"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	22 October 1989 (1989-10-22)	N/A
47	8	"Series 6 Episode 8"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	29 October 1989 (1989-10-29)	N/A
48	9	"Series 6 Episode 9"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	5 November 1989 (1989-11-05)	N/A
49	10	"Series 6 Episode 10"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	12 November 1989 (1989-11-12)	N/A
50	11	"Series 6 Episode 11"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	19 November 1989 (1989-11-19)	N/A
51	12	"Series 6 Episode 12"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	26 November 1989 (1989-11-26)	N/A
52	13	"Series 6 Episode 13"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	3 December 1989 (1989-12-03)	N/A

Special (1989)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[10]	UK viewers (millions)
53	S	"Christmas Special"	Robin Nash	Carla Lane	25 December 1989 (1989-12-25)	16.51 ^[11]

Series 7 (1990)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[12]	UK viewers (millions)
54	1	"Series 7 Episode 1"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	2 September 1990 (1990-09-02)	N/A
55	2	"Series 7 Episode 2"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	9 September 1990 (1990-09-09)	N/A
56	3	"Series 7 Episode 3"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	16 September 1990 (1990-09-16)	N/A
57	4	"Series 7 Episode 4"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	23 September 1990 (1990-09-23)	N/A
58	5	"Series 7 Episode 5"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	30 September 1990 (1990-09-30)	N/A
59	6	"Series 7 Episode 6"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	7 October 1990 (1990-10-07)	N/A
60	7	"Series 7 Episode 7"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	14 October 1990 (1990-10-14)	N/A
61	8	"Series 7 Episode 8"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	21 October 1990 (1990-10-21)	N/A
62	9	"Series 7 Episode 9"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	28 October 1990 (1990-10-28)	N/A
63	10	"Series 7 Episode 10"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	4 November 1990 (1990-11-04)	N/A

Special (1990)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[13]	UK viewers (millions)
64	11	"Christmas Special"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	25 December 1990 (1990-12-25)	N/A

Series 8 (1991)

No. overall	No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date ^[14]	UK viewers (millions)
65	1	"Series 8 Episode 1"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	1 September 1991 (1991-09-01)	N/A
66	2	"Series 8 Episode 2"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	8 September 1991 (1991-09-08)	N/A
67	3	"Series 8 Episode 3"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	15 September 1991 (1991-09-15)	N/A
68	4	"Series 8 Episode 4"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	22 September 1991 (1991-09-22)	N/A
69	5	"Series 8 Episode 5"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	29 September 1991 (1991-09-29)	N/A
70	6	"Series 8 Episode 6"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	6 October 1991 (1991-10-06)	N/A
71	7	"Series 8 Episode 7"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	13 October 1991 (1991-10-13)	N/A
72	8	"Series 8 Episode 8"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	20 October 1991 (1991-10-20)	N/A
73	9	"Series 8 Episode 9"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	27 October 1991 (1991-10-27)	N/A
74	10	"Series 8 Episode 10"	John B Hobbs	Carla Lane	3 November 1991 (1991-11-03)	N/A

References

↑ "Bread (1986-91)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
↑ "Search results for Bread each Thursday from May 1986 to June 1986 on BBC1, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
↑ "Search results for Bread each Thursday from January 1987 to February 1987 on BBC1, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
↑ "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1987 to October 1987 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
↑ "Search results for Bread each Sunday from October 1987 to November 1987 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
↑ "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1988 to December 1988 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
↑ "TV since 1981 (1988)". BARB. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
↑ "Bread BBC One London, 25 December 1988 15.15". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
↑ "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1989 to December 1989 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
↑ "Bread BBC One London, 25 December 1989 15.15". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
↑ "TV since 1981 (1989)". BARB. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
↑ "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1990 to November 1990 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
↑ "Bread BBC One London, 25 December 1990 19.30". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
↑ "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1991 to November 1991 on BBC1 between 19:00 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

Sources

"Genome BETA Radio Times 1923 - 2009". BBC. Archived from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
"Bread - Episodes". BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

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[1] "Bread (1986-91)". BFI Screenonline. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[2] "Search results for Bread each Thursday from May 1986 to June 1986 on BBC1, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[3] "Search results for Bread each Thursday from January 1987 to February 1987 on BBC1, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[4] "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1987 to October 1987 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[5] "Search results for Bread each Sunday from October 1987 to November 1987 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[6] "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1988 to December 1988 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[7] "TV since 1981 (1988)". BARB. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[8] "Bread BBC One London, 25 December 1988 15.15". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[9] "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1989 to December 1989 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[10] "Bread BBC One London, 25 December 1989 15.15". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[11] "TV since 1981 (1989)". BARB. Retrieved 8 July 2020.

[12] "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1990 to November 1990 on BBC1 between 20:30 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[13] "Bread BBC One London, 25 December 1990 19.30". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

[14] "Search results for Bread each Sunday from September 1991 to November 1991 on BBC1 between 19:00 and 21:00, oldest first". BBC Genome Project . Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.

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