Howard Spring

Shabby Tiger

Manchester millionaire's son Nick Faunt leaves home at the height of the Depression to become an artist. When he meets Irish serving girl Anna Fitzgerald, a strange love story begins.

Release Date1973-07-11

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count7

Vote Count1

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.

Release Date1982-01-08

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Episode Count8

Vote Count2

My Son, My Son!

A self-made success is determined to give his son the lavish upbringing he himself was denied. Not surprisingly, the son grows up to be spoiled rotten, causing grief and pain to everyone who loves him.

Release Date1940-03-21

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count6

Fame Is the Spur

A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to displace.

Release Date1947-09-23

DepartmentWriting

JobNovel

Vote Count6