Citizen Smith

Citizen Smith is a British television sitcom written by John Sullivan, first broadcast from 1977 to 1980. It starred Robert Lindsay as Walter Henry "Wolfie" Smith, a young Marxist "urban guerrilla" in Tooting, south London, who is attempting to emulate his hero Che Guevara. Wolfie is a reference to the Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone, who used the pseudonym "Citizen Smith" in order to evade capture by the British. 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 and Afghan coat. He supports Fulham F. C. 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. Cast Robert Lindsay as Walter Henry "Wolfie" Smith Mike Grady as Ken Mills George Sweeney as Speed (Anthony "Speed" King) Tony Millan as Tucker Cheryl Hall as Shirley Johnson (series 1–2) Hilda Braid as Florence Johnson, Shirley's mother Artro Morris as Charles Johnson, Shirley's father (pilot episode) Peter Vaughan as Charlie Johnson, Shirley's father (series 1–2) Tony Steedman as Charlie Johnson, Shirley's father (series 3–4; 1980 Christmas special) Stephen Greif as Harry Fenning (series 1–3) David Garfield as Ronnie Lynch (series 4; 1980 Christmas special) Susie Baker as Mandy Lynch (series 4; 1980 Christmas special) Anna Nygh as Desiree, Speed's girlfriend (series 1–2) John Tordoff as policeman, Brian Tofkin (series 3-4)