Fans of iconic BBC sitcom Bread mourned the loss of its biggest ... show documented the mixed fortunes of the working class Boswell family during a period of mass unemployment in the 1980s.

THE Bread cast included Jean Boht, left, who played Nellie, the matriarch of the family and “tough love” mum to the Boswell clan. Wirral-born Jean’s career has spanned the years from 1962 ...

the sitcom Bread. Set in Liverpool in the mid '80s, the series focuses on the devoutly-Catholic Boswell family, led by matriarch Nellie through the ups and downs of life in Thatcher’s Britain.

was perhaps best known for creating the popular 1980s sitcom Bread, set in her home city of Liverpool. But while for many viewers the trials and tribulations of the Boswell family were simply a ...

Bread is a British television sitcom ... The series focused on the devoutly-Catholic and extended Boswell family of Liverpool, in the district of Dingle, led by its matriarch Nellie through ...

At the height of its fame Bread attracted more than 20 million ... Gilly Coman, 54, played the Boswell family's flame-haired sister for five series of the hit comedy, before leaving to have ...