Bill Brand — Season 1

Aired 7 June 1976 • 60 min

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.

Aired 14 June 1976 • 60 min

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

Aired 21 June 1976 • 60 min

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

Aired 28 June 1976 • 60 min

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

Aired 5 July 1976 • 60 min

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

Aired 12 July 1976 • 60 min

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

Aired 19 July 1976 • 60 min

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.

Aired 26 July 1976 • 60 min

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

Aired 2 August 1976 • 60 min

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

Aired 9 August 1976 • 60 min

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

Aired 16 August 1976 • 60 min

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