Fame Is the Spur (1982–1982)
1982–1982 · 1 season · 8 episodes · Drama
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…
Created by Howard Spring
Network: BBC One
Cast
Tim Pigott-Smith as Hamer ShawcrossDavid Hayman as Arnold RyersonJoanna David as Ann ArtingstallPhyllida Law as Aunt LizziePaola Dionisotti as Ellen StansfieldJulia McKenzie as Pen MuffGeorge Costigan as Tom HannawaySheila Reid as Mrs RyersonElizabeth Counsell as Lady LetticeSteve Morley as Jimmy NewboultMeredith Edwards as IdrisDavid Collings as Gordon StansfieldMore like this
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