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.

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

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

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

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.

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