Citizen Smith, the 1977 to 1980 sitcom starring Robert Lindsay, could be revived. please log in to view this image The classic BBC comedy followed the adventures of 'Wolfie' Smith, a young Marxist "urban guerrilla" living in Tooting, south London and infamously a follower of Fulham. With his slogan "Power to the People", Wolfie attempted to emulate his hero Che Guevara through his own Tooting Popular Front - with little success due to disorganisation, laziness, and general fecklessness. Now, in an interview with The Independent, Robert Lindsay has revealed he has agreed to revive the character and bring him up-to-date to fit into the modern political climate. He revealed: "I've been chased by a production company which is very much trying to get Wolfie to run for the Labour Party and bring him back into power. I think that's a fantastic idea." The newspaper explains: "The rise of [Labour leadership contender] Jeremy Corbyn is set to give the urban guerrilla, who always promised doubters that a Socialist utopia would arrive 'come the glorious day', the chance to get his hands on the levers of power." Citizen Smith was written by John Sullivan, the writer of Only Fools And Horses, who died in 2011. Lindsay says that a team of writers would create the new scripts, confirming "there are moves afoot in the industry to bring Citizen Smith back with some respected figures that I very much admire".
I doubt that Wolfie would approve of the Premier League or either of our last two chairmen. Be interesting to see if the writers engage with that at all.
