Fame Is the Spur

Name: Fame Is the Spur
Genre: Drama
Released: 26 Feb 1982
Rating: 6.00
Cast: Tim Pigott-Smith, David Hayman

1982-02-26 United Kingdom 48 minutes.

6.00 2 votes

Drama based on novel or book world war ii world war i working class literary adaptation 19th century 20th century labour movement manchester, england socialist

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Season - Episode

1 Season 1 Jan 08, 1982

1 - 1

Episode 1 Jan 08, 1982
1 - 2

Episode 2 Jan 15, 1982
1 - 3

Episode 3 Jan 22, 1982
1 - 4

Episode 4 Jan 29, 1982
1 - 5

Episode 5 Feb 05, 1982
1 - 6

Episode 6 Feb 12, 1982
1 - 7

Episode 7 Feb 19, 1982
1 - 8

Episode 8 Feb 26, 1982

Overview

A chronicle of three working-class Manchester lads and their descendants spanning from 1877 to the onset of the Second World War. Hamer Shawcross' youthful socialist zeal soon converts to personal ambition, exploiting the Labour movement to become an MP, marrying well and eventually entering the House of Lords. Arnold Ryerson is the sensitive and courageous pioneer of Trade Union growth. Tom Hannaway is a perky opportunist who progresses from rag-and-bone man to tycoon and a knighthood following his own self-help philosophy.

Year 1982

Studio BBC One

Director Howard Spring

Crew Howard Spring (Novel), Richard Beynon (Producer), Elaine Morgan (Adaptation), Alan Price (Original Music Composer), John Lee (Editor), Don Homfray (Production Design)

Popularity 0.9881

Language English