Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.
11 episodes total
Status
Ended
First Aired
1976
Rating
6.3/10
3 votes • HD
People
Episodes
Episode 1 • Jun 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.
Episode 2 • Jun 14, 1976
Brand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.
Episode 3 • Jun 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 • Jun 28, 1976
Brand convinces the Minister for Employment to visit the work-in at Bryant's Mill.
Episode 5 • Jul 05, 1976
Brand's agent forces him to spend the summer recess working in his constituency to regain his popularity.
Episode 6 • Jul 12, 1976
Brand attends the Annual Conference, and turns down the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister David Last.
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