Patrick McGoohan had already appeared, with enormous (and unexpected) success, in a London stage production of Ibsen's little-performed play. Although he was immediately hailed by drama critics as the new successor to Laurence Olivier, he subsequently turned down the many stage offers that he came his way, and did not appear in a stage play again for 28 years. He often spoke of wanting to make a film of "Brand", but never did.
This episode no longer exists in the BBC archives.
This production is available in "The Henrik Ibsen Collection" DVD set produced by the BBC in 2007.