| 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 |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 8 January – 26 February 1982 |
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.
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
- ↑ "Fame is the Spur (1981)". Archived from the original on 29 January 2009.
- ↑ Tim Pigott-Smith (1 June 2017). Do You Know Who I Am?: A Memoir. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 164–165. ISBN 978-1-4729-3425-3.
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