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THIS TITLE WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE UNTIL 11 NOVEMBER 2012. 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.
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| Catalogue Number: |
7953605 |
| Barcode: |
5027626360542 |
| Classification: |
15 |
| Number of Discs: |
3 |
| Picture: |
1.33:1 / Colour |
| Sound: |
Mono / English |
| Subtitles: |
None |
| Region: |
2 / PAL |
| Time: |
550 mins approx |
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| This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 18 October, 2011. |
