Brandreth Rules - Party Conferences, The

The political parties are preparing to migrate to the seaside.

It's conference time, a gruelling experience for all involved.

The fried breakfasts and fish and chips, the free flowing booze, the receptions, the parties, the late nights, and then there's the politics.

Gyles Brandreth, former MP and government minister, is a veteran of the seaside circuit.

He lays down his rules for surviving the conference season.

Series

Episode

Title

First
Broadcast

Repeated

Comments

Surviving

20050828

20050831

The political parties are preparing to migrate to the seaside.|It's conference time, a gruelling experience for all involved.|The fried breakfasts and fish and chips, the free flowing booze, the receptions, the parties, the late nights, and then there's the politics.|Gyles Brandreth, former MP and government minister, is a veteran of the seaside circuit.|He lays down his rules for surviving the conference season.

Conquering

20050904

20050907

You've learned how to survive the party conference, now you want to become a conference darling.|How do you make your speech and make your mark? How do you get the audience applauding and ensure a standing ovation at the end?|Gyles Brandreth, former MP and minister and a seasoned conference hand, knows how its done.|He's helped to write prime ministerial speeches in his time and they're always a triumph.|In this programme, he lays down his rules for conquering the conference.

03 LAST

Plotting

20050911

20050914

Whenever two politicians gather together, there's bound to be a plot.|At the party conferences, there are hundreds of politicians and nearly as many plots.|Sometimes they're trivial, sometimes they're no more than party horsetrading, but sometimes they can cause the downfall of a leader, or the emergence of a new one.|Gyles Brandreth, former MP and minister and an experienced conference hand, offers his rules for plotting at conference time.

Episodes

Series	Episode	Title	First Broadcast	Repeated	Comments
01	01	Surviving	20050828	20050831	The political parties are preparing to migrate to the seaside.\|It's conference time, a gruelling experience for all involved.\|The fried breakfasts and fish and chips, the free flowing booze, the receptions, the parties, the late nights, and then there's the politics.\|Gyles Brandreth, former MP and government minister, is a veteran of the seaside circuit.\|He lays down his rules for surviving the conference season.
01	02	Conquering	20050904	20050907	You've learned how to survive the party conference, now you want to become a conference darling.\|How do you make your speech and make your mark? How do you get the audience applauding and ensure a standing ovation at the end?\|Gyles Brandreth, former MP and minister and a seasoned conference hand, knows how its done.\|He's helped to write prime ministerial speeches in his time and they're always a triumph.\|In this programme, he lays down his rules for conquering the conference.
01	03 LAST	Plotting	20050911	20050914	Whenever two politicians gather together, there's bound to be a plot.\|At the party conferences, there are hundreds of politicians and nearly as many plots.\|Sometimes they're trivial, sometimes they're no more than party horsetrading, but sometimes they can cause the downfall of a leader, or the emergence of a new one.\|Gyles Brandreth, former MP and minister and an experienced conference hand, offers his rules for plotting at conference time.