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Fame Is the Spur is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1982.[1] It was based on the 1940 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.

Fame Is the Spur
Genre	Drama
Written by	Howard Spring (novel)
Directed by	David Giles
Starring	Tim Pigott-Smith Julia Sawalha Joanna David
Composer	Alan Price
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Production
Producer	Richard Beynon
Editor	John Barclay
Release
Original network	BBC1
Original release	8 January (1982-01-08) – 26 February 1982 (1982-02-26)

The series starred Tim Pigott-Smith as Hamer Shawcross, prior to his success in The Jewel in the Crown. Joanna David played Shawcross's wife and George Costigan co-starred as Tom Hannaway.[2]

References

External links

• Fame is the Spur at IMDb

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