Bill Brand(1976)

6.3

1 Seasons

Drama

Overview

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

Created By: Trevor Griffiths

Episodes

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Ep 1

In

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.

07/06/197660 min

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Ep 2

You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse

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

14/06/197660 min

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Ep 3

Yarn

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

21/06/197660 min

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Ep 4

Now and in England

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

28/06/197660 min

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Ep 5

August for the Party

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

05/07/197660 min

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Ep 6

Resolution

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

12/07/197660 min

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Ep 7

Tranquillity of the Realm

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.

19/07/197660 min

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Ep 8