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Fame Is the Spur
TV SeriesTMDB 6.01982— / ep1 seasons · 8 eps
Fame Is the Spur
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Synopsis
Fame is the Spur is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1982. It was based on the novel Fame is the Spur by Howard Spring. It depicts a socialist politician who betrays his early beliefs as he grows older, and was believed to be based upon the Labour Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald. It had previously been adapted as a film Fame is the Spur by the Boulting Brothers in 1947.
Episodes
8 episodesCreator
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Network
BBC OneBBC One
First aired
January 8, 1982Ended
Seasons
18 episodes
Top Cast
7 of 7
Tim Pigott-Smith
Hamer Shawcross
David Hayman
Arnold Ryerson
Joanna David
Ann Artingstall
Phyllida Law
Aunt Lizzie
Julia McKenzie
Pen Muff
Paola Dionisotti
Ellen Stansfield
George Costigan
Tom Hannaway
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