| Citizen Smith | |
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| Created by | John Sullivan |
| Starring | Robert Lindsay Mike Grady Cheryl Hall Hilda Braid Peter Vaughan Tony Steedman Tony Millan George Sweeney Stephen Greif David Garfield |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Original language | English |
| No. of series | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 30 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | BBC1 |
| Release | 12 April 1977 – 31 December 1980 |
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Citizen Smith is a British television sitcom written by John Sullivan, first broadcast from 1977 to 1980.[1]
It starred Robert Lindsay as Walter Henry "Wolfie" Smith,[2] a young Marxist[3] "urban guerrilla" in Tooting, south London, who is attempting to emulate his hero Che Guevara.[4] Wolfie is a reference to the Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone, who used the pseudonym "Citizen Smith" in order to evade capture by the Dublin Castle administration. Wolfie is the self-proclaimed leader of the revolutionary Tooting Popular Front (the TPF, merely a small bunch of his friends), the goals of which are "Power to the People" and "Freedom for Tooting".
Wolfie dresses in a stereotypical fashion for rebellious students of the period: logoed T-shirt, denim jeans, Afghan coat and black beret. He supports Fulham and occasionally wears a Fulham scarf. He rides a scooter and spends most of the time at his girlfriend's house, which means he constantly clashes with her parents.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Citizen Smith (1977-80)". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ Barnett, David (20 March 2017). "We remember Citizen Smith fondly but is there a place for him in today's politics?". The Independent. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "The British Comedy Guide". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Citizen Smith (1977)". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 January 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2021.