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Brass was a British television comedy-drama, made by Granada Television for ITV and eventually Channel 4. "Brass" is northern English slang for "money" as well as for "effrontery". The series was set primarily in Utterley, a fictional Lancashire mining town in the 1930s, Brass satirized working-class period dramas of the 1970s, most significantly When the Boat Comes In. Unusually for ITV comedies of the time, Brass eschewed a laugh track and utilized a dry sense of humour based in part on convoluted wordplay and subtle commentary on popular culture. The series also parodied the 1977 Granada TV dramatisation of Dickens' Hard Times, which also starred Timothy West.
Original Release
02/21/1983
Cast
Name | Character |
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Timothy West | Bradley Hardacre / Winston Churchill |
Caroline Blakiston | Lady Patience Hardacre |
James Saxon | Morris Hardacre |
Gail Harrison | Isobel Hardacre / Isobel, Lady Mountfast |
Emily Morgan | Charlotte Hardacre |
Barbara Ewing | Agnes Fairchild |
Shaun Scott | Jack Fairchild |
Gary Cady | Matthew Fairchild |
David Ashton | Dr McDuff / Doctor McDuff / Inspector Hamish McDuff / Dr. McDuff / Inspector McDuff |
Robert Reynolds | Austin Hardacre |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Bradley Pulls It Off | Monday, 23 April 1990 |
2 | Bradley Sticks It Out | Monday, 30 April 1990 |
3 | Bradley Gets on Top | Monday, 07 May 1990 |
4 | Bradley Holds His Own | Monday, 14 May 1990 |
5 | Bradley Does His Bit | Monday, 21 May 1990 |
6 | Their Finest Half Hour | Monday, 28 May 1990 |
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Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Timothy West | Bradley Hardacre / Winston Churchill |
Caroline Blakiston | Lady Patience Hardacre |
James Saxon | Morris Hardacre |
Gail Harrison | Isobel Hardacre / Isobel, Lady Mountfast |
Emily Morgan | Charlotte Hardacre |
Barbara Ewing | Agnes Fairchild |
Shaun Scott | Jack Fairchild |
Gary Cady | Matthew Fairchild |
David Ashton | Dr McDuff / Doctor McDuff / Inspector Hamish McDuff / Dr. McDuff / Inspector McDuff |
Robert Reynolds | Austin Hardacre |
Geoffrey Hinsliff | George Fairchild |
Anthony Smee | Guy Baggers |
Bill Monks | Job Lott |
Patrick Pearson | Austin Hardacre |
Geoffrey Hutchings | George Fairchild / George Farchild |
John de Frates | Talbot / Arthur Talbot |
Philip Bird | Henri Lecoq |
John Pickles | Hattersley |
Alison Lloyd | Nurse / The Nurse / Nurse Jones |
Thomas Hannay Matthews | Little Paxo |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Gareth Jones | Producer |
Bill Podmore | Producer |
Mark C. Robson | Producer |