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This is a '''list of episodes''' for the light-hearted [[United Kingdom|British]] [[period piece|period drama]] ''[[Born and Bred]]'', set in the 1950s. It aired from 21 April 2002 to 3 August 2005. There are 36 episodes in total: 35 in all 4 series including 1 Christmas special. Series 1, Series 2, the Christmas Special and Series 3 were shown on Sundays, while Series 4 was shown on Wednesdays.

''Born and Bred'' cast members include: [[James Bolam]] (Dr. Arthur Gilder), [[Michael French]] (Dr. Tom Gilder), [[Jenna Russell]] (Deborah Gilder), [[Maggie Steed]] (Phyllis Woolf), [[John Henshaw]] (Wilf Bradshaw), [[Naomi Radcliffe]] (Jean Bradshaw), [[Charlotte Salt]] (Helen Gilder), [[Clive Swift]] (Rev. Eustacius Brewer), Samuel J. Hudson (Eddie Mills), Ross Little (Michael Gilder), Polly Thompson (Catherine Gilder), [[Peter Gunn (actor)|Peter Gunn]] (PC Lennard Cosgrove), [[Tracey Childs]] (Linda Cosgrove), Donald Gee (Horace Boynton), [[Richard Wilson (Scottish actor)|Richard Wilson]] (Dr. Donald Newman), [[Oliver Milburn]] (Dr. Nick Logan) and [[Kelly Harrison]] (Nancy Brisley).

==Series Overview==

{{Series overview

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| episodes1  = 6
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| end1       = {{End date|2002|05|26|df=y}}

| color2     = #FFFF00
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| episodes2  = 10
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| end2       = {{End date|2003|06|29|df=y}}

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| linkT2S    = Special
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| color3     = #FF5F74
| link3      = #Series 3 (2004)
| episodes3  = 9
| start3     = {{Start date|2004|02|29|df=y}}
| end3       = {{End date|2004|04|25|df=y}}

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| episodes4  = 10
| start4     = {{Start date|2005|06|01|df=y}}
| end4       = {{End date|2005|08|03|df=y}}
}}

==Episodes==

===Series 1 (2002)===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! style="background-color:#FF8000;"|Episode Number
! style="background-color:#FF8000;"|Title
! style="background-color:#FF8000;"|Airdate
! style="background-color:#FF8000"|Overview (Ratings)
|-
|1 (1-1)
|"{{va|The Best Man}}"
|21 April 2002
| style="font-size: 90%;" |First ever episode. Dr Tom Gilder and his family leave Manchester to attend a wedding (7.27m)
|-
|2 (1-2)
|"{{va|Nothing Like the Son}}"
|28 April 2002
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Edie has a heart condition (7.96m)
|-
|3 (1-3)
|"{{va|The Inspector Calls}}"
|5 May 2002
| style="font-size: 90%;" |The villagers rally around to get the cottage hospital up to scratch before the NHS inspector arrives (6.98m)
|-
|4 (1-4)
|"{{va|Buried Treasure}}"
|12 May 2002
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Tom is puzzled by carpenter Bert Cartwright and Annie, Bert’s wife falls ill. Meanwhile, Wilf finds an unexploded World War II bomb (7.53m)
|-
|5 (1-5)
|"{{va|Brother in Arms"}}
|19 May 2002
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Len Cosgrove’s brother Frank injures himself while riding a train (8.28m)
|-
|6 (1-6)
|"{{va|Judgement Day}}"
|26 May 2002
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Neville Manley, the NHS inspector declares the cottage hospital annexe to Rattenbury General (7.51m)
|}

===Series 2 (2003)===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|Episode Number
! style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|Title
! style="background-color:#FFFF00;"|Airdate
! style="background-color:#FFFF00"|Overview (Ratings)
|-
|7 (2-1)
|"{{va|Lost Souls"}}
|20 April 2003
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Alec suffers a heart attack (5.88m)
|-
|8 (2-2)
|"{{va|Home to Roost}}"
|27 April 2003
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Deborah’s mother Dora arrives unannounced (6.57m)
|-
|9 (2-3)
|"{{va|Blood Relations}}"
|11 May 2003
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Eddie’s uncle, Fred, the drayman, suffers from severe leukaemia (6.27m)
|-
|10 (2-4)
|"{{va|Fertility Rites}}"
|18 May 2003
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Edie McClure’s eldest daughter Joanne announces pregnancy and the water supplies run dry (6.45m)
|-
|11 (2-5)
|"{{va|His Brother's Keeper}}"
|25 May 2003
| style="font-size: 90%;" |German Hans Gothard comes to Ormston to tell Wilf about the war and Arthur injures his ankle (6.46m)
|-
|12 (2-6)
|"{{va|Old Flames}}"
|1 June 2003
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Deborah’s mother Dora and her groom Derek arrive in Ormston for the wedding (6.94m)
|-
|13 (2-7)
|"{{va|The Miracle of Ormston}}"
|8 June 2003
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Amy Faulkner’s wheelchair-bound son, Stuart contracts tuberculosis (6.94m)
|-
|14 (2-8)
|"{{va|The Magnificent Colin}}"
|15 June 2003
| style="font-size: 90%;" |A fortune-teller comes to Ormston (5.88m)
|-
|15 (2-9)
|"{{va|The Last Hurrah (Part 1)|The Last Hurrah}}"
|22 June 2003
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Tory MP Eugenia Maddox arrives to inspect the hospital (6.59m)
|-
|16 (2-10)
|"{{va|The Last Hurrah (Part 2)}}"
|29 June 2003
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Wilf and Jean deliver a batch of pies to the hospital (6.16m)
|}

===Christmas Special (2003)===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! style="background-color:#40FF00;"|Episode Number
! style="background-color:#40FF00;"|Title
! style="background-color:#40FF00;"|Airdate
! style="background-color:#40FF00"|Overview (Ratings)
|-
|17 (CS)
|"{{va|A Very Ormston Christmas}}"
|21 December 2003
| style="font-size: 90%;" |The villagers celebrate Christmas (6.17m)
|}

===Series 3 (2004)===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! style="background-color:#FF5F74;"|Episode Number
! style="background-color:#FF5F74;"|Title
! style="background-color:#FF5F74;"|Airdate
! style="background-color:#FF5F74"|Overview (Ratings)
|-
|18 (3-1)
|"{{va|A Little Touch of Harry}}"
|29 February 2004
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Deborah’s cousin Pearl gives birth to a baby (6.61m)
|-
|19 (3-2)
|"{{va|No Regrets}}"
|7 March 2004
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Radio producer Clifton George is auditioning a role of Tiny Terry for a children’s hour programme and Helen starts work as a nurse (5.96m)
|-
|20 (3-3)
|"{{va|A Small Flourish}}"
|14 March 2004
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Dennis Tyldesley’s arrival causes jealously from shoemaker Herbert Gough (6.70m)
|-
|21 (3-4)
|"{{va|Thick as Thieves}}"
|21 March 2004
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Linda and Len become foster parents (6.11m)
|-
|22 (3-5)
|"{{va|The Doctor Now Departing}}"
|28 March 2004
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Arthur decides to leave Ormston for good to take a new life in New Zealand (6.28m)
|-
|23 (3-6)
|"{{va|And Is There Honey Still for Tea?}}"
|4 April 2004
| style="font-size: 90%;" |A new doctor, Donald Newman, arrives in the village (6.03m)
|-
|24 (3-7)
|"{{va|More Than You Know}}"
|11 April 2004
| style="font-size: 90%;" |An emergency crisis meeting is held about a construction of a new road to be built in a village (5.18m)
|-
|25 (3-8)
|"{{va|A House Divided}}"
|18 April 2004
| style="font-size: 90%;" |The inter-village pub games take place when Ormston competes with Thursvale (6.42m)
|-
|26 (3-9)
|"{{va|Something Old}}"
|25 April 2004
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Despite the setbacks, Jean and Eddie finally get married in the end (6.30m)
|}

===Series 4 (2005)===
{| class="wikitable"
|- 
! style="background-color:#AE33AE;"|Episode Number
! style="background-color:#AE33AE;"|Title
! style="background-color:#AE33AE;"|Airdate
! style="background-color:#AE33AE"|Overview (Ratings)
|-
|27 (4-1)
|"{{va|The Great Leap Forward}}"
|1 June 2005
| style="font-size: 90%;" |A new doctor, Nick Logan, arrives in the village to set up a blood donor bank and the news of Tom’s death is announced to the Gilders (4.70m)
|-
|28 (4-2)
|"{{va|Flying Home}}"
|8 June 2005
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Helen and her family pay their last respects to Tom (Out of the Top 30)
|-
|29 (4-3)
|"{{va|Community Spirits}}"
|15 June 2005
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Deborah’s sister, Nancy Brisley arrives in the village (3.94m)
|-
|30 (4-4)
|"{{va|Never Seek to Tell}}"
|22 June 2005
| style="font-size: 90%;" |The Cosgroves prepare for the latest foster child Laura (Out of the Top 30)
|-
|31 (4-5)
|"{{va|Apple Day}}"
|29 June 2005
| style="font-size: 90%;" |The apple day festival takes place (3.95m)
|-
|32 (4-6)
|"{{va|The Milk of Human Kindness}}"
|6 July 2005
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Deborah arranges a lunch date with Nancy (4.20m)
|-
|33 (4-7)
|"{{va|Love Is Where It Falls}}"
|13 July 2005
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Nancy and Wilf decide to change jobs (Out of the Top 30)
|-
|34 (4-8)
|"{{va|The Element of Surprise}}"
|20 July 2005
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Jean invites Ruby to the Ormston Antiques Fair (3.95m)
|-
|35 (4-9)
|"{{va|A Wrathful God}}"
|27 July 2005
| style="font-size: 90%;" |A local home for disadvantaged persons is forced to close down for good (3.95m)
|-
|36 (4-10)
|"{{va|Someone to Watch Over Me}}"
|3 August 2005
| style="font-size: 90%;" |Last ever episode. Jean suffers from stomach pains and in the end, Wilf is arrested by the police for stealing a church chalice (3.84m)
|}

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