EndedBBC One1982-01-08

Fame Is the Spur

Name: Fame Is the Spur
Genre: Drama
Released: 1982-01-08
Rating: 6
Cast: Tim Pigott-Smith, David Hayman, Joanna David, Phyllida Law, Julia McKenzie

Drama

Seasons

Episodes

Networks

BBC One

Countries

First aired

1982-01-08

Last aired

1982-02-26

Language

Rating

6.0 / 10

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Synopsis and details

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.