Fame Is the Spur
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Starring
Tim Pigott-SmithDavid HaymanJoanna DavidPhyllida LawJulia McKenziePaola Dionisotti
Starring
Tim Pigott-SmithDavid HaymanJoanna DavidPhyllida LawJulia McKenziePaola Dionisotti
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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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| ▶ | 6 | Episode #1.6 | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 7 | Episode #1.7 | — | — | — | |
| ▶ | 8 | Episode #1.8 | — | — | — |
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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
Steve Morley Jimmy Newboult
Elizabeth Counsell Lady Lettice
Sheila Reid Mrs. Ryerson
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