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Fame is the Spur is an eight-part radio serial by Ken Whitmore, based on the novel by Howard Spring It was first broadcast on BBC Radio in 1979[1].

Plot[]

The rise of the socialist labour movement in Britain, from the 19th century to the 1930's.

Cast[]

  • Hamer Shawcross - Ian McKellen
  • Hamer Shawcross (as a boy) - Gary Carp

Directed by Trevor Hill

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