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Bill Brand (1976)

June. 07,1976

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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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Bill Brand

1976

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

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 1976

11 Episode

Episode 1 - In

June. 07,1976

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.

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Episode 2 - You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse

June. 14,1976

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

Episode 3 - Yarn

June. 21,1976

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

Episode 4 - Now and in England

June. 28,1976

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

Episode 5 - August for the Party

July. 05,1976

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

Episode 6 - Resolution

July. 12,1976

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

Episode 7 - Tranquillity of the Realm

July. 19,1976

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.

Episode 8 - Rabbles

July. 26,1976

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

Episode 9 - Anybody's

August. 02,1976

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

Episode 10 - Revisions

August. 09,1976

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

Episode 11 - It Is the People Who Create

August. 16,1976

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

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