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.
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Season 1
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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.
Jun 7, 1976 · 51m -
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You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse
Brand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.
Jun 14, 1976 · 51m -
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Yarn
Brand defies the Whips and supports a work-in at a local factory, also attracting unwelcome attention in the Sunday papers.
Jun 21, 1976 · 51m -
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Now and in England
Brand convinces the Minister for Employment to visit the work-in at Bryant's Mill.
Jun 28, 1976 · 51m -
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E5
August for the Party
Brand's agent forces him to spend the summer recess working in his constituency to regain his popularity.
Jul 5, 1976 · 51m -
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E6
Resolution
Brand attends the Annual Conference, and turns down the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister David Last.
Jul 12, 1976 · 51m -
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E7
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.
Jul 19, 1976 · 52m -
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Rabbles
Brand's love story with Alex ends, while he is censured by his constituency over his behaviour on the Prevention of Terrorism Act Committee.
Jul 26, 1976 · 52m -
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E9
Anybody's
Brand has agreed to be David Last's right hand man in his bid for party leadership.
Aug 2, 1976 · 52m -
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Revisions
Brand joins the Fight to Work Campaign, after the election of a new leader from the right of the party.
Aug 9, 1976 · 51m -
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It Is the People Who Create
Final episode. Brand gravitates increasingly to the fringes of politics to counteract the complacency of his colleagues.
Aug 16, 1976 · 52m