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Bill Brand

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

Drama

3.1 / 5

7th June 1976 - 16th August 1976
Writer
Trevor Griffiths
Top Cast
Jack Shepherd •
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In Still
In
7th June 1976

Episode 1

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.

You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse Still
You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse
14th June 1976

Episode 2

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

Yarn Still
Yarn
21st June 1976

Episode 3

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

Now and in England Still
Now and in England
28th June 1976

Episode 4

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

August for the Party Still
August for the Party
5th July 1976

Episode 5

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

Resolution Still
Resolution
12th July 1976

Episode 6

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

Tranquillity of the Realm Still
Tranquillity of the Realm
19th July 1976

Episode 7

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.

Rabbles Still
Rabbles
26th July 1976

Episode 8

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

Anybody's Still
Anybody's
2nd August 1976

Episode 9

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

Revisions Still
Revisions
9th August 1976

Episode 10

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

It Is the People Who Create Still
It Is the People Who Create
16th August 1976

Episode 11

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