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Fame is the Spur

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The novel by HOWARD SPRING freely adapted for radio in eight episodes by KEN WHITMORE starring
7: Nothing But The Truth, Almost
Period: 1914-1918, with a brief scene in 1935 Directed by TREVOR HILL BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Tues 3.35 pm)
9.58 Weather

Contributors

Novel By:
Howard Spring
Unknown:
Ken Whitmore
Directed By:
Trevor Hill
Hamer Shawcross:
Ian McKellen
Ann:
June Barry
Lady Lettice:
Helen Ryan
Lizzie Lightowler:
Rosalie Crutchley
Charles Shawcross, Hamer's son:
Richard Durden
Pen Ryerson:
Vida Paterson
Mrs Amberley-Rosewater:
Cynthia Michaelis
Lloyd George:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Arnold Ryerson:
Andrew Jackson
Alice Ryerson, Pen's daughter:
Valerie Georgeson
Jimmy Newboult:
John Baldwin
Sir Thomas Hannaway:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Lady Hannaway:
Romy Baskerville
Election Official:
Peter Ellis
Source: Radio Times

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