Brass
Brass

Brass

1983 3 Seasons 32 Episodes ⭐ 6.1 Comedy

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.

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.

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Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

Hospital Destruction

Bradley Hardacre has risen from poverty to become the wealthy owner of mine, mill and munitions works in Utterly. The Fa

EP 2

Cambridge

Austin gets a nasty shock when he walks into his new office. Matthew is excited at the thought of going to Cambridge wit

EP 3

Blackleg

Agnes encourages the now-hungry strikers, whilst Charlotte is 'doing good' at the soup kitchen. As Bradley makes sure Ge

EP 4

Silent Hooter

Lady Patience tells Bradley that his daughter is carrying on with a miner. Agnes informs George that the person Isobel i

EP 5

Pit Collapse

As Agnes and other women awaiting news of the trapped miners, the miners themselves are settling to life underground. Br

EP 6

Silent But Deadly

With Jack unconscious in hospital, Bradley orders Austin to continue with the tunnel, until he reaches the Cottage Hospi

EP 7

Back Home

George is home from hospital and Agnes tells him that Matt has gone to kill his father, Bradley, so they both go to the

EP 8

Walking Time Bomb

Austin celebrates Bradley's demise, unaware that Bradley has in fact bought himself out of hospital, only to find that G

EP 9

Poor Hesketh

Morris, ashamed at Lady Prudence's affair with Matt, decides to shoot himself but instead takes it out on Hesketh, his b

EP 10

Bouncing Bomb

Jack proposes Bradley to sell Isobel off. Bradley agrees but Lady Patience informs him that he'd lost interest in her an

EP 11

The Forge Anger

Everyone's angry with everyone! Bradley with Jack over the forge; Agnes with Jack, again for buying the forge; Isobel al

EP 12

Hypnosis

Bradley reluctantly agrees to using Jack's truss ranges to hold up the chimney, Big Tom. Guy arrives to help Morris, who

EP 13

The Prince's Visit

Bradley and Austin lecture peasants on proper behaviour for the Prince's visit. Lady Patience gives Agnes a book of Matt

EP 1

Rent Protest

As the Prince lays the new stone at the Cottage Hospital, McDuff drops trou, and Isobel and Charlotte arrive nude on Bra

EP 2

Inheritance

Charlotte inherits a large sum of money on her birthday. Jack refuses a deal with Austin. Guy tells Morris that Moscow w

EP 3

Hallucinogen

McDuff decides SBD is a hallucinogen. Bradley pays Jack for his work on Big Tom and offers him the lease on the crutch w

EP 4

Jack Loves Charlotte

Morris confronts Matt about his homosexuality, who doesn't deny it but claims celibacy. Jack declares his love for Charl

EP 5

Is Bradley Insane?

Austin tells the family he thinks Bradley is insane. McDuff says that the cause of a raging epidemic raging is the conve

EP 6

Election

Bradley gets out of being certified and turns the tables on Austin. George, blackened but alive, returns home. Bradley d

EP 7

By-Election

Austin hears Sodbury has died at the chiropodists, which means Pugh will go to the House of Lords and it will be a walko

EP 8

Jack's Proposal

Bradley tells Austin he is to marry Cynthia Dudcock. Bradley offers to send Man to Paris to paint, as long as he goes wi

EP 9

Inspector McDuff

Hardacre looks at Mountfast's body — Sergeant Pepper says a tramp will have done it. McDuff says his brother Inspector

EP 10

Marshall Snelgrove

Charlotte and Isobel visit Lady Patience in prison to inform her she's to have the finest defence lawyer. Job shows Geor

EP 11

The Trial

During round table discussions, Bradley tells George pithead baths will be installed in order to get workforce on strike

EP 12

Charlotte's Letter

Charlotte receives a solicitor's letter saying she'll inherit Mountfast's money. Bradley is informed by future Tory MP h

EP 13

Arms Sales Boost

Bradley and Jack rejoice in the arms sales boosted by the Spanish Civil War but Bradley feels a world war would be bette

EP 1

Bradley Pulls It Off

London 1939: Bradley has much to gain from another war and prevents his son Austin from returning to the PM with a peace

EP 2

Bradley Sticks It Out

When Bradley hears of the government's plans to scrap production of his latest invention, the midget submarine, he uses

EP 3

Bradley Gets on Top

EP 4

Bradley Holds His Own

Bradley shares opinions on the war's conduct with Winston Churchill. Meanwhile, Jack persuades Lady Patience to finance

EP 5

Bradley Does His Bit

Bradley purchases a country estate. Inspector McDuff has new evidence implicating Matthew. Jack reclaims Charlotte's chi

EP 6

Their Finest Half Hour

Bradley prepares the grounds at his new country estate for a cricket match. Morris and Matthew meet in France and attemp

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