Fame Is the Spur

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.

Tim Pigott-Smith

Hamer Shawcross

David Hayman

Arnold Ryerson

• Howard SpringNovel
• Richard BeynonProducer
• Alan PriceOriginal Music Composer
• John LeeEditor

First aired

January 8, 1982

Last aired

February 26, 1982

Status

Ended

Original language

English

Episodes

8

Genres

Drama

• Miniseries8 episodes · 1982

• Sira

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  Bread and Soup and Cat Weather

  2013

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  The Agatha Christie Hour

  1982

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  All The Rivers Run II

  1990

• Who, Sir? Me, Sir?

  1985

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  The Rhinemann Exchange

  1977

• Romance

  1977

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  Red Data Girl

  2013

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  Startime

  1959