Set in the mid-1970s and reflecting the complexities of that turbulent decade, Bill Brand stars Jack Shepherd (Wycliffe) as a newly elected left-of-centre Labour MP who struggles to reconcile socialist principles with the realpolitik of Westminster. This groundbreaking and unashamedly intelligent drama series is penned by Oscar-nominated dramatist Trevor Griffiths (Fatherland, Reds) and earned a BAFTA nomination for Jack Shepherd. A by-election in the solidly working-class constituency of Leighley sees Bill Brand, a former lecturer, elected to Parliament by a slim majority. Driven by a determination to improve the lives of his textile-worker constituents, he finds his ideas of representation are provocatively different from those of the whips; and in a world of oblique negotiations and hidden bargains – the uncomfortable realities of a minority government – Brand’s fundamental belief in the Party is assailed by doubts, while his troubled personal life further endangers his tenuous political career.
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
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| Specials | 0 | ||
| Season 1 | June 1976 | August 1976 | 11 |
| Unassigned Episodes | 0 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
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| Unassigned Episodes | 11 |
| Season | From | To | Episodes |
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| Season 1 | 0 | ||
| Unassigned Episodes | 11 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trevor Griffiths | 11 | 06/07/1976 - 08/16/1976 |
| Name | Number of Episodes | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roland Joffé | 5 | 06/14/1976 - 08/16/1976 | |
| Michael Lindsay-Hogg | 3 | 06/07/1976 - 06/28/1976 | |
| Stuart Burge | 3 | 07/12/1976 - 08/09/1976 |
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