Brass: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

80's comedy soap set in the north of England in the 1930's. Bradley Hardacre, owns the coal mine and almost everything else in the local town. His insatiable greed and lust for power, women and money knows no bounds. By contrast, the Fairchilds, at the other end of the social spectrum, live in a small house at the bottom of a hill, overlooked by the Hardacre's. When the children of both families start to discover each other, the stage is set for class war.

Series details

• Title: Brass
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1983-02-21
• Final broadcast date listed: 1990-05-28
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Channel 4
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 31366
• IMDb ID: tt0084991
• TVDB ID: 81229

Cast and credited roles

• Timothy West — Bradley Hardacre
• Caroline Blakiston — Lady Patience Hardacre
• Barbara Ewing — Agnes Fairchild
• David Ashton — Hamish McDuff
• James Saxon — Morris Hardacre

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1983-02-21; final listed air date 1983-05-23; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 1984-05-21; final listed air date 1984-08-20; episode order: 13.
• Season 3: premiered 1990-04-23; final listed air date 1990-05-28; episode order: 6.

Source and licence

Adapted from Brass on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.