Bill Brand

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.

Première diffusion : 7 juin 1976

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

Première diffusion : 14 juin 1976

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

Première diffusion : 21 juin 1976

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

Première diffusion : 28 juin 1976

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

Première diffusion : 5 juillet 1976

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

Première diffusion : 12 juillet 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.

Première diffusion : 19 juillet 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.

Première diffusion : 26 juillet 1976

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

Première diffusion : 2 août 1976

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

Première diffusion : 9 août 1976

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

Première diffusion : 16 août 1976