Citizen smith series 1

Wolfie smith and his band of urban guerrillas begin their campaign to free tooting from the oppressive grip of the establishment. The entire first and second series of the classic 1970s bbc comedy featuring a young robert lindsay as revolutionary leader wolfie smith of the tooting popular front. Citizen smith series 1 and 2 dvd, 2003, 3disc set, box. Judy matheson on citizen smith 1979 tv series duration. Wolfie smith is an unemployed dreamer from tooting, london, a selfproclaimed urban guerrilla who aspires to be like his hero che guevara. In this pilot for the series we meet the tooting popular front and its leader, wolfie smith. Citizen smith was a british comedy television programme written by the late john sullivan and starring robert lindsay it launched itself with a pilot episode for comedy special on the bbc which had the same name as the programme. Watch citizen smith s04e06 casablanca was never like this retrouktv11 on dailymotion. Watch citizen smith s01e00 pilot retrouktv11 on dailymotion. Peter vaughan as charlie johnson, shirleys father series 12. Citizen smith is a british television sitcom written by john. It starred robert lindsay as wolfie smith, a young marxist urban guerrilla in tooting, south london, who is attempting to emulate his hero che guevara.

Still very good if the seventies type atmosphere is filtered out. Citizen smith series and episodes list british comedy guide. Artro morris as charles johnson, shirleys father pilot episode. Citizen smith s02e05 rock bottom video dailymotion. Like most old comedy much more amusing in memory than in reality. This series began on thursday 3 november 1977 and ended on thursday 22 december 1977. Citizen smith series 1, episode 6 the path of true love. One of the funniest things i can ever remember seeing is the balaclava scene from citizen smith where they are given knitted balaclavas to wear. The main characters are wolfie smith robert lindsay, ken mike grady, tucker tony sullivan and. Ended 4 stagioni 30 episodi no ratings yet loading. The pilot was transmitted on 12 april 1977 in the comedy special series of oneoff plays, and the series proper ran from 3 november 1977 to 31 december 1980 citizen smith starred robert lindsay as wolfie smith, a young marxist 1 2 urban guerrilla living in. And it almost immediately started right after the pilot. His television roles have included minder as kev in the series 1 episode the bengal tiger, citizen smith series regular, ken mills, look and read, dr ballantyne, sweet sixteen, 161 episodes of last of the summer wine playing barry wilkinson, husband of glenda, colins. Watch all 9 citizen smith episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more.

With his three friends, ken, tucker and speed, wolfie spends most of his time in the local pub, the vigilante, planning their rise to power, avoiding work and marriage to girlfriend shirley. Citizen smith a great british sitcom scooternova magazine. Stars robert lindsay, cheryl hall, mike grady, hilda braid and others. Citizen smith tv series 19771980 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Citizen smith series 1 episode guide british comedy guide. Citizen chop salad chopped iceberg and romaine, cubed salami, fresh mozzarella, kidney and garbanzo beans, tossed in a red wine vinaigrette. With robert lindsay, mike grady, hilda braid, tony millan. Wolfie smith lives in tooting, south london and is the beretwearing founding member of a sixman urban terrorist movement called the tooting popular front. A guide to the 30 episodes across the 4 series of citizen smith. The best part is the opening credits which features the hero walking away from tooting broadway underground in what.

Class and generational conflict are the recurring themes. Citizen smith s04e06 casablanca was never like this. Citizen smith origin synopsis a talking statue tells john smith hes the son of the unknown soldier and must protect america from fifth columnists. Lindsay, 65, who stars in bull, a new sitcom for the gold channel in which he and maureen lipman play antique shop owners, has unfinished business with citizen smith. All four celebrated series of john sullivans hit sitcom about a wannabe marxist revolutionary living in south london, starring robert. Once again we meet the tooting popular front and its leader, wolfie smith in this straight forward remake of the pilot. Series one citizen smith tv show wiki fandom powered. When shirley invites wolfie over to meet her mum and dad, he trys to get out of it, but fails. Heres an episode from the 80s featuring lambretta legend mike karslake, and some of his extensive lambretta collection, including his lambretta based fire engine and wolfies lambretta from citizen smith. It featured the episode crocodile tears, which was basically a remake of citizen smith but with peter vaughan as charles johnson. Edition discs price new from used from dvd please retry.

Citizen smith a great british sitcom posted on may, 2020 may, 2020 by scooternova in 1970s, lambretta, music, scooter, scooter event when british television sitcoms get it right, i think its fair to say they can almost prove timeless with respect to the longevity of their characters. Outofwork wolfie smith likes to think of himself as an urban guerrilla, leading the tooting popular front towards revolution. Series 1 and 2 1977 for free as part of our trial offer. He leads a small group called the tooting popular front with aspirations to create a communist britain. Lindsay as wolfie smith, a young marxist urban guerrilla in tooting, south london, who is attempting to emulate his hero che. Citizen smith is a british television sitcom written by john sullivan, first broadcast from 1977 to 1980. Also during this episode he goes to his local and finds a fingernail in his pie. Robert lindsay, peter vaughan, hilda braid, mike grady, cheryl hall, tony millan, lee walker, margaret. Citizen smith is a british sitcom that aired on bbc one between 12 april 1977 and 31 december 1980. Citizen smith is a comedy about a small group of people who believe in freedom for everyone. Series 1 marked the beginning of citizen smiths four series. Find out when citizen smith is on tv, including series 2episode 1.

Series 1 and 2 dvd 2003 robert lindsay, butt dir cert pg 3title. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. John richard thomas sullivan obe was an english television scriptwriter responsible for several british sitcoms, including only fools and horses, citizen smith and just good friends. John sullivans classic comedy about the selfstyled che guevara of tooting. Sure i can find references to it and lots of episodes of youtube but i cannot find the actual episode. Shirleys father charlie peter vaughan objects not so much to wolfies revolutionary politics as to his. Wolfie tries to explain to shirley that a man in his position doesnt get engaged.

Robert linsday starred as wolfie smith workshy revolutionary and. For a series about a selfprofessed urban guerrilla citizen smith bbc, 197780 had many of the elements of a traditional sitcom revolving around the middleclass family home. Wolfie is a reference to the irish revolutionary wolfe tone. Robert lindsay, peter vaughan, hilda braid, mike grady, cheryl hall, tony millan, lee walker, margaret heald, david kelly, patrick durkin, george sweeney, anna nygh, dennis mainwilson, peter whitmore, ray butt, dan rae, dick allen, john. Watch citizen smith s02e05 rock bottom retrouktv11 on dailymotion. I never saw this 1st time around as i was not born when the 1st series was airedvery ickle. Following a sucessful pilot episode in 1977, four series and a further 30. The first series of eight episodes aired from 3 november to 15 december 1977 apart from a christmas special aired on 22 december 1977. Following the success of the pilot, four series and a christmas special was produced by the bbc from 1977 to 1980. Wolfie was so popular there was a danger lindsay would be type cast, but his career path. The show was written by john sullivan, who later wrote only fools and horses. Janine duvitski and judy matheson in citizen smith 1977 robert lindsay in. Citizen smith season 1 episode 2 guess whos coming to dinner. Wolfies longterm girlfriend shirley is having doubts about their relationship.