Bill Brand (1976)
Bill Brand (1976)
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Cast & Crew.
Jack Shepherd
Bill Brand
Allan Surtees
Alf Jowett
Lynn Farleigh
Miriam 'Mim' Brand
Rosemary Martin
Winnie Scoular
Trevor Griffiths
Writer
Douglas Campbell
Reg Starr
Cherie Lunghi
Alex Ferguson
Karen Silver
June Brand
Alan Badel
David Last
William Hoyland
Sandiford
Roland Joffé
Director
Stuart Burge
Director
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Director
Ann Pennington
Clare Cranston
Peter Howell
Venables
Arthur Lowe
Watson
Gary Roberts
Wilkinson
Dave Hill
Eddie Brand
Colin Jeavons
Bernard Shaw
Jonathan Pryce
Jamie Finn
Fred Feast
Parfitt
Sharon Duce
Sian
Bernard Gallagher
Walter Marland
Harry Markham
Mr. Brand
Clifford Kershaw
Frank Hilton
Carol Drinkwater
Pat
Frank Mills
Paxton
Geoffrey Palmer
Malcolm Frear
Constance Chapman
Mrs. Wainwright
Anne Dyson
Mrs. Brand
Godfrey Quigley
Kearsley
John Woodnutt
Brent
Peter Jeffrey
Maidstone
Richard Ireson
Wellburn
Stephanie Cole
Marjorie
Robert Hardy
Mr. Marples
Lynne Carol
Elsie Wright
Rosalie Crutchley
Mrs. Martin
Jean Boht
Edna Copple
David Bradley
Peter Malone
Bernard Atha
Mr. Hollins
Ray Smith
Moores
Allan Bowlas
Returning Officer
Alan Luxton
Martin
James Drake
Conservative Candidate
Carole Hayman
Angie Shaw
Jan Harvey
Woman Interviewer
Jeanne Doree
Gladys
Adelaida Arias
Aya
Alex Scott
Bealey
Albert Moses
Pakistani
Alick Hayes
Walton
Alan Partington
Priest
Angela Easterling
TV Presenter
Anne Raitt
Mrs. Pilling
Anthony Woodruff
Bullock
Avril Clark
Researcher
Barrie Fletcher
Barman
Basil Henson
Hinchcliffe
Bernard G. High
Police Sergeant
Billy Tasker
Stan
Clifford Cox
Garner
Clive Pracey
Musician
Colin Douglas
Gallimore
Don Hawkins
M.C.
Doreen Mantle
Edna James
David Henry
Mace
Don McKillop
Jim
Duncan Faber
Call Boy
Edith Carter
Aunt Ethel
Eileen Kennally
Irene
Enid Irvin
Member of Leighley E.C.
Geoff Tomlinson
Police Inspector
George Waring
Wiltshire
Hugh Martin
Blackwell
Ian Liston
Young Socialist
Jane Briers
Christine Waite
James Garbutt
Hughie Marsden
James Giles
McNab
James Maxwell
Robert
John Barrett
Albert Stead
James Walker
Lane
John Leach
Musician
John Nightingale
Corbishley
John McKelvey
Wilks
John Pennington
Charlie Wade
Ken Kitson
Policeman
Lindsay Campbell
Police Inspector
Louise Jervis
Waitress
Lynne Verrall
Secretary
Malcolm Terris
Henson
Martin Fisk
Martin Fisk
Michael Atha
Mosley
Michael Gover
Wale
Michael Macowan
Latey
Mike Henson
Postman
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Bill Brand is a British television drama series produced by Thames Television for the ITV network which was shown in the summer of 1976.
Written by Trevor Griffiths, the series charts the political progress of the eponymous Brand, who becomes a Labour Party member of parliament for a Lancashire constituency after retaining the seat at a by-election with a small majority. A former Liberal Studies lecturer at a local Technical college, Brand finds the demands of his career at odds with his left-wing convictions.
Produced as one series of eleven episodes, Bill Brand stars Jack Shepherd in the title role. Arthur Lowe appeared as the Prime Minister, Arthur Watson (a character loosely based on Harold Wilson). Alan Badel played a left-wing Cabinet minister, David Last (a character based on Michael Foot), connected with The Journal, a thinly disguised Tribune newspaper. The decline of the textile industry, a major employer in Brand's constituency, is a secondary theme of the series. Geoffrey Palmer and Nigel Hawthorne were cast as moderate Trade ministers; the latter meets a delegation including Brand because his superior is engaged at a "City junket". Cherie Lunghi played Alex, a young woman with whom Brand has been having an extra-marital affair. The main cast also included Lynn Farleigh, as Brand's estranged wife, Rosemary Martin, as an MP who shares the same London house with Brand and other Labour MPs, and Colin Jeavons as a local constituency activist.