Christopher Collinson entered Parliament in 1958 as a talented, ambitious young man. Now, frustrated and cynical after seventeen years on the back benches, he still wants - and even expects - power; a personal tragedy reveals that the opportunity has not entirely disappeared. Air Date : 4th-Nov-1975

Television play, later developed into a series, about a Labour member of parliament who never quite makes it to the top. Air Date : 4th-Aug-1974  Read More

Christopher Collinson entered Parliament in 1958 as a talented, ambitious young man. Now, frustrated and cynical after seventeen years on the back benches, he still wants - and even expects - power; a personal tragedy reveals that the opportunity has not entirely disappeared. Air Date : 4th-Nov-1975  Read More

Collinson seeks out the political limelight, but Alice finds his renewed political ambition difficult to come to terms with. Meanwhile, in the constituency there is a growing feeling that a clash is inevitable. Air Date : 11th-Nov-1975  Read More

As Collinson concentrates on the intensifying Common Market campaign, he is almost taken unawares by events in his constituency. Then, at a routine political meeting, he meets a young university teacher. Her name is Millie Dutton... Air Date : 18th-Nov-1975  Read More

While Collinson awaits the outcome of a cabinet reshuffle that will decide his political future, Alice, living apart from him in the Shropshire countryside, is expecting a visit from her friend, novelist Brian Griffin. Air Date : 25th-Nov-1975  Read More

It's more than two months since Chris and Alice Collinson have seen each other ; a long standing engagement now brings them into contact. It is not the only confrontation in store for Collinson, as the antagonism between himself and Ron Hibbert takes a new and unexpected turn. Air Date : 25th-Nov-1974  Read More

Bernard King, local party chairman, attempts to heal the growing rift between Collinson and his opposition. Criticism of his conduct as an MP reaches a peak, and the confrontation between himself and Ron Hibbert comes to a climax. Air Date : 9th-Dec-1975  Read More

"My error has been my scepticism. I've not actually believed in politics as a way of life" An admission that recently led Chistopher Collinson into a battle in his constituency - a battle that he thought he had won. But has he? Meanwhile, on the eve of the party conference, there is an uneasy alliance between Collinson and his wife. Air Date : 16th-Dec-1975  Read More