The Worst Episodes of 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.

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

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

Director: Roland Joffé

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

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Roland Joffé

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Stuart Burge

Writer: N/A

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.

Director: Roland Joffé

Writer: N/A

Brand's love story with Alex ends, while he is censured by his constituency over his behaviour on the Prevention of Terrorism Act Committee.

Director: Stuart Burge

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Roland Joffé

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Michael Lindsay-Hogg

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Roland Joffé

Writer: N/A

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

Director: Stuart Burge

Writer: N/A