S01E01 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.
Bill Brand
Overview
Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.
Episodes
S01E02 You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse
Brand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.
S01E03 Yarn
Brand defies the Whips and supports a work-in at a local factory, also attracting unwelcome attention in the Sunday papers.
S01E04 Now and in England
Brand convinces the Minister for Employment to visit the work-in at Bryant's Mill.
S01E05 August for the Party
Brand's agent forces him to spend the summer recess working in his constituency to regain his popularity.
S01E06 Resolution
Brand attends the Annual Conference, and turns down the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister David Last.
S01E07 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.
S01E08 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.
S01E09 Anybody's
Brand has agreed to be David Last's right hand man in his bid for party leadership.
S01E10 Revisions
Brand joins the Fight to Work Campaign, after the election of a new leader from the right of the party.
S01E11 It Is the People Who Create
Final episode. Brand gravitates increasingly to the fringes of politics to counteract the complacency of his colleagues.
Cast
Jack Shepherd
Bill Brand
