Bill Brand

Bill Brand

Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.

Drama

Seasons

1. In

Air Date: 1976-06-07

First episode of a TV series about a young working-class lecturer with an uncompromising commitment to socialism who is elected to Parliament as a Labour MP.

2. You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse

Air Date: 1976-06-14

Brand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.

3. Yarn

Air Date: 1976-06-21

Brand defies the Whips and supports a work-in at a local factory, also attracting unwelcome attention in the Sunday papers.

4. Now and in England

Air Date: 1976-06-28

Brand convinces the Minister for Employment to visit the work-in at Bryant's Mill.

5. August for the Party

Air Date: 1976-07-05

Brand's agent forces him to spend the summer recess working in his constituency to regain his popularity.

6. Resolution

Air Date: 1976-07-12

Brand attends the Annual Conference, and turns down the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister David Last.

7. Tranquillity of the Realm

Air Date: 1976-07-19

Brand surprises and alarms his colleagues on the standing committee for an anti-terrorism bill by using it as a platform from which to berate the Government.

8. Rabbles

Air Date: 1976-07-26

Brand's love story with Alex ends, while he is censured by his constituency over his behaviour on the Prevention of Terrorism Act Committee.

9. Anybody's

Air Date: 1976-08-02

Brand has agreed to be David Last's right hand man in his bid for party leadership.

10. Revisions

Air Date: 1976-08-09

Brand joins the Fight to Work Campaign, after the election of a new leader from the right of the party.

11. It Is the People Who Create

Air Date: 1976-08-16

Final episode. Brand gravitates increasingly to the fringes of politics to counteract the complacency of his colleagues.

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Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

1976-06-07

Episodes

11 (1 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

Jack Shepherd

Jack Shepherd

Bill Brand