Fame Is the Spur (TV series)

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Fame Is the Spur
GenreDrama
Written byHoward Spring (novel)
StarringTim Pigott-Smith
Julia Sawalha
Joanna David
ComposerAlan Price
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Production
ProducerRichard Beynon
EditorJohn Barclay
Original release
NetworkBBC
Release1982

Fame is the Spur is a British television series which first aired on the BBC in 1982.[1] 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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  1. ^ http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/203629

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