1x1 - In

June 7, 1976

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.

1x2 - You Wanna Be a Hero, Get Yourself a White Horse

June 14, 1976

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

1x3 - Yarn

June 21, 1976

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

1x4 - Now and in England

June 28, 1976

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

1x5 - August for the Party

July 5, 1976

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

1x6 - Resolution

July 12, 1976

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

1x7 - Tranquillity of the Realm

July 19, 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.

1x8 - Rabbles

July 26, 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.

1x9 - Anybody's

August 2, 1976

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

1x10 - Revisions

August 9, 1976

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

1x11 - It Is the People Who Create

August 16, 1976

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

Jack Shepherd

Bill Brand