Citizen Smith: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Citizen Smith was a British television sitcom written by John Sullivan which was broadcast from April 12, 1977 - December 31, 1980 on BBC 1.

Citizen Smith starred Robert Lindsay as "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". In reality he is an unemployed slacker and petty criminal whose plans fall through due to apathy, ineptitude and inexperience.

Series details

• Title: Citizen Smith
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 1977-04-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 1980-12-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: BBC One
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 30 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 8740
• IMDb ID: tt0075492
• TVDB ID: 78708

Cast and credited roles

• Robert Lindsay — Wolfie Smith
• Mike Grady — Ken
• Hilda Braid — Mum

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1977-04-12; final listed air date 1977-12-22.
• Season 2: premiered 1978-12-01; final listed air date 1979-08-16.
• Season 3: premiered 1979-09-20; final listed air date 1979-11-01.
• Season 4: premiered 1980-05-23; final listed air date 1980-12-31.

Source and licence

Adapted from Citizen Smith on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.