Aired: June 07, 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.
Aired: June 14, 1976
Brand's first experience of Parliament leaves him feeling betrayed by the party.
Aired: June 21, 1976
Brand defies the Whips and supports a work-in at a local factory, also attracting unwelcome attention in the Sunday papers.
Aired: June 28, 1976
Brand convinces the Minister for Employment to visit the work-in at Bryant's Mill.
Aired: July 05, 1976
Brand's agent forces him to spend the summer recess working in his constituency to regain his popularity.
Aired: July 12, 1976
Brand attends the Annual Conference, and turns down the job of Parliamentary Private Secretary to Minister David Last.
Aired: 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.
Aired: 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.
Aired: August 02, 1976
Brand has agreed to be David Last's right hand man in his bid for party leadership.
Aired: August 09, 1976
Brand joins the Fight to Work Campaign, after the election of a new leader from the right of the party.
Aired: August 16, 1976
Final episode. Brand gravitates increasingly to the fringes of politics to counteract the complacency of his colleagues.