Fame Is the Spur

Overview

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.

Cast

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