Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.
WriterTrevor Griffiths
In
Jun 7, 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.
You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse
Jun 14, 1976
Brand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.
Yarn
Jun 21, 1976
Brand defies the Whips and supports a work-in at a local factory, also attracting unwelcome attention in the Sunday papers.
Now and in England
Jun 28, 1976
Brand convinces the Minister for Employment to visit the work-in at Bryant's Mill.
August for the Party
Jul 5, 1976
Brand's agent forces him to spend the summer recess working in his constituency to regain his popularity.
Resolution
Jul 12, 1976
Brand attends the Annual Conference, and turns down the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister David Last.
Tranquillity of the Realm
Jul 19, 1976
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.
Rabbles
Jul 26, 1976
Brand's love story with Alex ends, while he is censured by his constituency over his behaviour on the Prevention of Terrorism Act Committee.
Anybody's
Aug 2, 1976
Brand has agreed to be David Last's right hand man in his bid for party leadership.
Revisions
Aug 9, 1976
Brand joins the Fight to Work Campaign, after the election of a new leader from the right of the party.
It Is the People Who Create
Aug 16, 1976
Final episode. Brand gravitates increasingly to the fringes of politics to counteract the complacency of his colleagues.
