Bill Brand (1976)
Synopsis
Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.
Network
ITV1
Episodes
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.
You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse
Brand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.
Yarn
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
Brand convinces the Minister for Employment to visit the work-in at Bryant's Mill.
August for the Party
Brand's agent forces him to spend the summer recess working in his constituency to regain his popularity.
Resolution
Brand attends the Annual Conference, and turns down the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister David Last.
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.
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.
Anybody's
Brand has agreed to be David Last's right hand man in his bid for party leadership.
Revisions
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
Final episode. Brand gravitates increasingly to the fringes of politics to counteract the complacency of his colleagues.
Cast
Details
Original Title
Bill Brand
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
11