Synopsis
Following the death of the sitting Labour Party Member of Parliament, Bill Brand is selected as Labour candidate for a Lancashire textile constituency.
Episodes
Season 11E1InFirst 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.60m2E2You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White HorseBrand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.60m3E3YarnBrand defies the Whips and supports a work-in at a local factory, also attracting unwelcome attention in the Sunday papers.60m4E4Now and in EnglandBrand convinces the Minister for Employment to visit the work-in at Bryant's Mill.60m5E5August for the PartyBrand's agent forces him to spend the summer recess working in his constituency to regain his popularity.60m6E6ResolutionBrand attends the Annual Conference, and turns down the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister David Last.60m7E7Tranquillity of the RealmBrand 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.60m8E8RabblesBrand's love story with Alex ends, while he is censured by his constituency over his behaviour on the Prevention of Terrorism Act Committee.60m9E9Anybody'sBrand has agreed to be David Last's right hand man in his bid for party leadership.60m10E10RevisionsBrand joins the Fight to Work Campaign, after the election of a new leader from the right of the party.60m11E11It Is the People Who CreateFinal episode. Brand gravitates increasingly to the fringes of politics to counteract the complacency of his colleagues.60m
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