6.8 /10 1 Votes
5.6/10 TV Composer(s) Alan Price Producer(s) Richard Beynon First episode date 8 January 1982 Number of episodes 8 | 8.1/10 IMDb Genre Drama Country of origin United Kingdom Editor(s) John Barclay Final episode date 26 February 1982 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Starring Tim Pigott-SmithJulia SawalhaJoanna David Cast Julia Sawalha, Tim Pigott‑Smith, Joanna David Similar Second Thoughts, The Underdog Show, Faith in the Future, Time Gentlemen Please, Press Gang |
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.
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