Brass is northern English slang for "money" as well as for "effrontery". The series also gleefully parodied the 1977 Granada TV dramatisation of Dickens' Hard Times, which also starred Timothy West.

Series following some of Britain's most famous brass bands - from Cory Band to Brighouse and Rastrick - as they compete against each other in national competitions ...

A colliery brass band enter a competition at the Royal Albert Hall, fearful about their future. Stars Pete Postlethwaite and Ewan McGregor. The Salvation Army's Captain Emily Ridley is leading an ...