I'm afraid I know little about breadmaking.
Is there a bread where you could:
-- mix it and I guess knead it in the evening (say around 9pm),
-- leaving it out overnight (perhaps to rise (?) etc.?)
-- then about 8? hours later (say around 7am?) you could put it in an oven
-- and indeed then bake the loaf (or perhaps rolls) at 7am (I assume that takes roughly 1/2 hour? but I know nothing).
Thanks for your expertise.
Thanks to all for the amazing answers here!
With thanks to JSM below, having now made it a dozen times this was a huge. This link was hugely useful - merry Christmas!
http://www.simplysogood.com/2013/03/artisan-no-knead-bread.html