# List of Bread episodes

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.

## Series overview

| Series | Episodes | Episodes | Originally aired | Originally aired |
| Series | Episodes | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
| 1 | 6 | 6 | 1 May 1986 (1986-05-01) | 5 June 1986 (1986-06-05) |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 January 1987 (1987-01-08) | 19 February 1987 (1987-02-19) |
| 3 | 13 | 13 | 6 September 1987 (1987-09-06) | 29 November 1987 (1987-11-29) |
| 4 | 13 | 13 | 18 September 1988 (1988-09-18) | 11 December 1988 (1988-12-11) |
| Special | Special | Special | 25 December 1988 (1988-12-25) | 25 December 1988 (1988-12-25) |
| 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 September 1989 (1989-09-10) | 3 December 1989 (1989-12-03) |
| Special | Special | Special | 25 December 1989 (1989-12-25) | 25 December 1989 (1989-12-25) |
| 6 | 10 | 10 | 2 September 1990 (1990-09-02) | 4 November 1990 (1990-11-04) |
| Special | Special | Special | 25 December 1990 (1990-12-25) | 25 December 1990 (1990-12-25) |
| 7 | 10 | 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 air date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 1 May 1986 (1986-05-01) | N/A |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 8 May 1986 (1986-05-08) | N/A |
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 15 May 1986 (1986-05-15) | N/A |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 22 May 1986 (1986-05-22) | N/A |
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 29 May 1986 (1986-05-29) | N/A |
| 6 | 6 | "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 air date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 7 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 8 January 1987 (1987-01-08) | N/A |
| 8 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 15 January 1987 (1987-01-15) | N/A |
| 9 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 22 January 1987 (1987-01-22) | N/A |
| 10 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 5 February 1987 (1987-02-05) | N/A |
| 11 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 12 February 1987 (1987-02-12) | N/A |
| 12 | 6 | "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 air date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 13 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 6 September 1987 (1987-09-06) | N/A |
| 14 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 13 September 1987 (1987-09-13) | N/A |
| 15 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 20 September 1987 (1987-09-20) | N/A |
| 16 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 27 September 1987 (1987-09-27) | N/A |
| 17 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 4 October 1987 (1987-10-04) | N/A |
| 18 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 11 October 1987 (1987-10-11) | N/A |
| 19 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Susan Belbin | Carla Lane | 18 October 1987 (1987-10-18) | N/A |
| 20 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 25 October 1987 (1987-10-25) | N/A |
| 21 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 1 November 1987 (1987-11-01) | N/A |
| 22 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 8 November 1987 (1987-11-08) | N/A |
| 23 | 11 | "Episode 11" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 15 November 1987 (1987-11-15) | N/A |
| 24 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 22 November 1987 (1987-11-22) | N/A |
| 25 | 13 | "Episode 13" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 29 November 1987 (1987-11-29) | N/A |

### Series 4 (1988)

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

### Special (1988)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 39 | 14 | "Christmas Special" | N/A | Carla Lane | 25 December 1988 (1988-12-25) | N/A |

### Series 5 (1989)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 40 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 10 September 1989 (1989-09-10) | N/A |
| 41 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 17 September 1989 (1989-09-17) | N/A |
| 42 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 24 September 1989 (1989-09-24) | N/A |
| 43 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 1 October 1989 (1989-10-01) | N/A |
| 44 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 8 October 1989 (1989-10-08) | N/A |
| 45 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 15 October 1989 (1989-10-15) | N/A |
| 46 | 7 | "Episode 7" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 22 October 1989 (1989-10-22) | N/A |
| 47 | 8 | "Episode 8" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 29 October 1989 (1989-10-29) | N/A |
| 48 | 9 | "Episode 9" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 5 November 1989 (1989-11-05) | N/A |
| 49 | 10 | "Episode 10" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 12 November 1989 (1989-11-12) | N/A |
| 50 | 11 | "Episode 11" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 19 November 1989 (1989-11-19) | N/A |
| 51 | 12 | "Episode 12" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 26 November 1989 (1989-11-26) | N/A |
| 52 | 13 | "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 air date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 53 | S | "Christmas Special" | Robin Nash | Carla Lane | 25 December 1989 (1989-12-25) | 16.51 |

### Series 6 (1990)

| No. overall | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 54 | 1 | "Episode 1" | John B Hobbs | Carla Lane | 2 September 1990 (1990-09-02) | N/A |
| 55 | 2 | "Episode 2" | John B Hobbs | Carla Lane | 9 September 1990 (1990-09-09) | N/A |
| 56 | 3 | "Episode 3" | John B Hobbs | Carla Lane | 16 September 1990 (1990-09-16) | N/A |
| 57 | 4 | "Episode 4" | John B Hobbs | Carla Lane | 23 September 1990 (1990-09-23) | N/A |
| 58 | 5 | "Episode 5" | John B Hobbs | Carla Lane | 30 September 1990 (1990-09-30) | N/A |
| 59 | 6 | "Episode 6" | John B Hobbs | Carla Lane | 7 October 1990 (1990-10-07) | N/A |
| 60 | 7 | "Episode 7" | John B Hobbs | Carla Lane | 14 October 1990 (1990-10-14) | N/A |
| 61 | 8 | "Episode 8" | John B Hobbs | Carla Lane | 21 October 1990 (1990-10-21) | N/A |
| 62 | 9 | "Episode 9" | John B Hobbs | Carla Lane | 28 October 1990 (1990-10-28) | N/A |
| 63 | 10 | "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 air date | UK viewers (millions) |
| 64 | 11 | "Christmas Special" | John B Hobbs | Carla Lane | 25 December 1990 (1990-12-25) | N/A |

### Series 7 (1991)

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