John Sullivan was working at the BBC as a scenery shifter when he came up with this amusing series about a would-be Marxist who doesn't seem to realise that the '60's are over. During a conversation with producer Dennis Main Wilson, Sullivan told him of a script he had written as a pilot for a sitcom entitled 'Citizen Smith'.
Was the word Katanga ever used by Wolfie after "Power to the people" quote? I watched the series for all episode 1977 onward.
The nearest British television ever got to a 'Fonzie'-type character was Walter Henry 'Wolfie' Smith. In his 'Freedom For Tooting!
The running gag in this show was that every other character of note had their own name for him. 'Foxie' 'Yeti' 'Smudger' 'Trotsky' & 'Smiffy' with I think, only Ken actually calling him 'Wolfie' Am I right in believing nobody ever called him Walter Henry?
Faber and Faber's Michael Smith steps out of the literary world that saw him publish the much acclaimed Giro Playboy last year and takes on the guise of a contemporary Citizen Smith scouring the four corners of England in search of a modern day definition of nationality.Refreshingly direct and accessible, this young Geordie charmer kicks off his six week odyssey with a revealing return to his home town of Hartlepool.
Writer John Sullivan was a genius, there is no doubt about that. He gave the world so many laughs through 'Only Fools' and 'Just Good Friends', as well as being able to make us cry too.
Wolfie Smith is a fanatic who craves revolution. Leader of the Tooting Popular Front ( a Marxist political party which numbers six members), Wolfie is a wannabe freedom fighter who likes to call himself an "urban guerilla".
