Episodes List
Ep.1 In
Air Date: 1976-06-07
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.
Ep.2 You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse
Air Date: 1976-06-14
Brand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.
Ep.3 Yarn
Air Date: 1976-06-21
Brand defies the Whips and supports a work-in at a local factory, also attracting unwelcome attention in the Sunday papers.
Ep.4 Now and in England
Air Date: 1976-06-28
Brand convinces the Minister for Employment to visit the work-in at Bryant's Mill.
Ep.5 August for the Party
Air Date: 1976-07-05
Brand's agent forces him to spend the summer recess working in his constituency to regain his popularity.
Ep.6 Resolution
Air Date: 1976-07-12
Brand attends the Annual Conference, and turns down the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister David Last.
Ep.7 Tranquillity of the Realm
Air Date: 1976-07-19
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.
Ep.8 Rabbles
Air Date: 1976-07-26
Brand's love story with Alex ends, while he is censured by his constituency over his behaviour on the Prevention of Terrorism Act Committee.
Ep.9 Anybody's
Air Date: 1976-08-02
Brand has agreed to be David Last's right hand man in his bid for party leadership.
Ep.10 Revisions
Air Date: 1976-08-09
Brand joins the Fight to Work Campaign, after the election of a new leader from the right of the party.
Ep.11 It Is the People Who Create
Air Date: 1976-08-16
Final episode. Brand gravitates increasingly to the fringes of politics to counteract the complacency of his colleagues.
