Brass (1983)
Brass is a 1983 comedy series created by John Stevenson and Julian Roach. It stars David Ashton, Timothy West and Caroline Blakiston.
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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What is Brass about?
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.
When was Brass released?
Brass was released on 21 February 1983.
How many episodes does Brass have?
Brass has 32 episodes across 3 seasons.
Who made Brass?
Brass was created by John Stevenson and Julian Roach.
Cast
- David Ashton as Dr McDuff
- Timothy West as Bradley Hardacre
- Caroline Blakiston as Lady Patience Hardacre
- James Saxon as Morris Hardacre
- Gail Harrison as Isobel Hardacre
- Emily Morgan as Charlotte Hardacre
- Barbara Ewing as Agnes Fairchild
- Shaun Scott as Jack Fairchild
- Gary Cady as Matthew Fairchild
- Robert Reynolds as Austin Hardacre
- Geoffrey Hinsliff as George Fairchild
- Anthony Smee as Guy Baggers