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.
Tim Pigott-Smith
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David Hayman
Arnold Ryerson
Joanna David
Ann Artingstall
Phyllida Law
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Pen Muff
Paola Dionisotti
Ellen Stansfield
George Costigan
Tom Hannaway
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