Trevor Griffiths
Director
Bill Brand (1976)
Miniseries
Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.
Released June 7, 1976
Episode 60 min
None+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.female-topless-nudity, imdb.female-nudity
Network: ITV1
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
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S1E1 - 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.
June 7, 1976, midnight
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S1E2 - You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse
Brand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.
June 14, 1976, midnight
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S1E3 - Yarn
Brand defies the Whips and supports a work-in at a local factory, also attracting unwelcome attention in the Sunday papers.
June 21, 1976, midnight
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S1E4 - Now and in England
Brand convinces the Minister for Employment to visit the work-in at Bryant's Mill.
June 28, 1976, midnight
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S1E5 - August for the Party
Brand's agent forces him to spend the summer recess working in his constituency to regain his popularity.
July 5, 1976, midnight
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S1E6 - Resolution
Brand attends the Annual Conference, and turns down the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister David Last.
July 12, 1976, midnight
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S1E7 - 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.
July 19, 1976, midnight
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S1E8 - 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.
July 26, 1976, midnight
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S1E9 - Anybody's
Brand has agreed to be David Last's right hand man in his bid for party leadership.
Aug. 2, 1976, midnight
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S1E10 - Revisions
Brand joins the Fight to Work Campaign, after the election of a new leader from the right of the party.
Aug. 9, 1976, midnight
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S1E11 - It Is the People Who Create
Final episode. Brand gravitates increasingly to the fringes of politics to counteract the complacency of his colleagues.
Aug. 16, 1976, midnight
Network: ITV1
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 660 min.
Released: June 7, 1976
Last Air Date: Aug. 16, 1976, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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