Fame Is the Spur (1982)

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 8 episodes

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man starts his career as a socialist firebrand but drifts from his principles as he gains power and influence. The story follows his personal and political life over many years in early 20th century Britain.

soberingreflectiveslow-burnmelancholicpolitically chargedintrospectivedramaticperiod

What happens

Fame Is the Spur is a British television mini-series consisting of 8 episodes which first aired on the BBC in 1982. 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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