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The Candidate

on BBC Two England

I Part 1: A two-part documentary account of one man's struggle to get into Parliament
On 20 May 1972 four short-listed candidates faced delegates of Braintree Labour Party. In three hours that short-list was reduced to one name - the man who would stand as Labour's parliamentary candidate in the next Election.
Producer ROGER MILLS
Director REX BLOOMSTEIN
(Part 2, tomorrow at 9.55 pm)

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