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Bill Brand

TV·1976–1976·1 season, 11 episodes·ITV1·Drama·1h·Created by Trevor Griffiths

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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.

Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01InS01E01 · 8.0First 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.
  2. 02You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White HorseS01E02 · 8.0Brand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.
  3. 03YarnS01E03 · 8.0Brand defies the Whips and supports a work-in at a local factory, also attracting unwelcome attention in the Sunday papers.

Cast

Jack ShepherdJack ShepherdBill Brand

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode11Episodes1976Aired 8.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Season's bestInJune 7, 1976 8.0First episode of a TV series about a young working-class lecturer with an uncompromising commitment to socialism who is elected to Parliamen
  2. S01E02You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White HorseJune 14, 1976 8.0Brand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.
  3. S01E03YarnJune 21, 1976 8.0Brand defies the Whips and supports a work-in at a local factory, also attracting unwelcome attention in the Sunday papers.
  4. S01E04Now and in EnglandJune 28, 1976 8.0Brand convinces the Minister for Employment to visit the work-in at Bryant's Mill.
  5. S01E05August for the PartyJuly 5, 1976 8.0Brand's agent forces him to spend the summer recess working in his constituency to regain his popularity.
  6. S01E06ResolutionJuly 12, 1976 8.0Brand attends the Annual Conference, and turns down the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister David Last.
  7. S01E07Tranquillity of the RealmJuly 19, 1976 8.0Brand surprises and alarms his colleagues on the standing committee for an anti-terrorism bill by using it as a platform from which to berat
  8. S01E08RabblesJuly 26, 1976 8.0Brand's love story with Alex ends, while he is censured by his constituency over his behaviour on the Prevention of Terrorism Act Committee.
  9. S01E09Anybody'sAugust 2, 1976 8.0Brand has agreed to be David Last's right hand man in his bid for party leadership.
  10. S01E10RevisionsAugust 9, 1976 8.0Brand joins the Fight to Work Campaign, after the election of a new leader from the right of the party.
  11. S01E11It Is the People Who CreateAugust 16, 1976 8.0Final episode. Brand gravitates increasingly to the fringes of politics to counteract the complacency of his colleagues.

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