Brass

6.1(9)|1983-02-21|3 seasons, 32 episodes

Comedy

Overview

Brass is a British comedy-drama series created by John Stevenson and Julian Roach, and produced by Granada Television for ITV and eventually Channel 4. Satirising the working-class period dramas of the 1970s and the American supersoaps such as Dallas and Dynasty, Brass was unusual for ITV comedies of the time, as there was no laugh track and the humour deliberately kept extremely dry, using convoluted wordplay and subtle commentary on popular culture. Set primarily in Utterley, a fictional Lancashire mining town in the 1930s, two feuding families—the wealthy Hardacres and the poor, working-class Fairchilds, who lived in a small terraced house rented from the Hardacre empire.

Episodes

Series 1(13)Series 2(13)Series 3(6)

S1E1 · 1983-02-21 · 26m

Hospital Destruction

Bradley Hardacre has risen from poverty to become the wealthy owner of mine, mill and munitions works in Utterly. The Fairchild family live in a poor home, so what is their connection to Bradley and why does he wants to destroy the Cottage Hospital?

S1E2 · 1983-02-28 · 26m

Cambridge

Austin gets a nasty shock when he walks into his new office. Matthew is excited at the thought of going to Cambridge with Morris and tells his father whilst he is visiting him in the Cottage Hospital; however, he sees Charlotte Hardacre there and the attraction continues, which in turn upsets Morris, who gains revenge by changing Matt's job.

S1E3 · 1983-03-07 · 26m

Blackleg

Agnes encourages the now-hungry strikers, whilst Charlotte is 'doing good' at the soup kitchen. As Bradley makes sure George can leave the hospital (to use him for the SBD experiments), Jack and Isobel are again found in the stables, and Agnes discovers that Matt has lost his good job and is now digging coal. She then sees her husband George being driven in Bradley's car: a blackleg!

S1E4 · 1983-03-14 · 26m

Silent Hooter

Lady Patience tells Bradley that his daughter is carrying on with a miner. Agnes informs George that the person Isobel is carrying on with is their son Jack. Bradley agrees to talk to the strikers and offers them a silent hooter — the strike is ended. George tests Bradley's anti-tank boot which explodes, and Bradley manages a pit disaster, in which he knows Jack is involved.

S1E5 · 1983-03-21 · 26m

Pit Collapse

As Agnes and other women awaiting news of the trapped miners, the miners themselves are settling to life underground. Bradley hears that his plans are astray as Charlotte reaches the miners, but though they manage to escape as Jack supports the roof, Austin tricks Jack into shaking hands and the roof collapses.

S1E6 · 1983-03-28 · 26m

Silent But Deadly

With Jack unconscious in hospital, Bradley orders Austin to continue with the tunnel, until he reaches the Cottage Hospital, and then let off SBD (Silent But Deadly) to finish him off. Agnes and Isobel fight over Jack but he wakes up besotted with Charlotte.

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