History Series / CitizenSmith

* TheDitz: Shirley's mum Florence is as clueless as they come.
* StudioAudience

--->'''Tucker:''' Well, what d'you expect when you keep showing me dirty pictures?
--->'''Wolfie:''' They're not dirty pictures, they're inkblots! ''[Looks at the card]'' Sex? Looks more like a spider with antlers!
--->'''Ken:''' ''[Reading from book]'' A profound tendency towards megalomania.
--->'''Wolfie:''' You see, Tucker? Megalomania! You are warped, son, ''warped''!
--->'''Ken:''' No, that's for if you see a spider with antlers.
* TheOtherDarrin: Shirley's dad Charlie was played by Peter Vaughan in the first two seasons and Tony Steedman in the last two.

* IHaveManyNames: Practically every character in the series called Smith by a different name - For example, Shirley called him "Wolfie", her mother "Foxy", her father "Yeti", Tucker called him "Smiffy", Speed "Smudger" and the pub landlord called him "Trotsky".

'''''Citizen Smith''''' starred Robert Lindsay as "Wolfie" Smith, a young Marxist urban revolutionary living in Tooting, South UsefulNotes/{{London}}, who is attempting to emulate his hero UsefulNotes/CheGuevara. Wolfie is the self-proclaimed leader of the Tooting Popular Front (in reality a small bunch of his friends), whose goals are "Power to the People" and "Freedom for Tooting". In reality, he is an unemployed dreamer and petty criminal whose plans fall through due to laziness and disorganisation.

* TankGoodness: Smith gets a hold a [[BritsWithBattleships Scorpion AFV]] in one episode and attempts to storm Westminster. He succeeds, but his moment of triumph comes to an abrupt hault, when it turns out Parliament is on Summer Recess.

* IHaveManyNames: Practically every character in the series called Smith by a different name - For example, Shirley called him "Wolfie", her mother "Foxy", her father "Yeti", Tucker called him "Smiffy", Speed "Sumdger" and the pub landlord called him "Trotsky".

''Citizen Smith'' starred Robert Lindsay as "Wolfie" Smith, a young Marxist urban revolutionary living in Tooting, South UsefulNotes/{{London}}, who is attempting to emulate his hero UsefulNotes/CheGuevara. Wolfie is the self-proclaimed leader of the Tooting Popular Front (in reality a small bunch of his friends), whose goals are "Power to the People" and "Freedom for Tooting". In reality, he is an unemployed dreamer and petty criminal whose plans fall through due to laziness and disorganisation.

* IHaveManyNames: Practically every character in the series called Smith by a different name - For example, Shirley called him "Wolfie", her mother "Foxy", her father "Yeti", Tucker called him "Smitty" and the pbu lanlord called him "Trotsky".

* CouchGag: During the first season; the opening credits featured Wolfie Smith delivering his "Power to the People' salute in various places with disastrous results
* StudioAudience:
* TheDitz: Shirleys mum Florence is as clueless as they come.
* TheOtherDarrin: Wolfie's girlfriend's father was played by ''three'' different actors throughout the series; Artro Morris in the pilot, Peter Vaughan in the first two series and Tony Steedman in the third and fourth series.
* SeriousBusiness: Everything.
* TankGoodness: Smith gets a hold a [[BritsWithBattleships Scorpion AFV]] in one episode and attempts to storm Westminster.
** He succeeds, but his CrowningMomentOfAwesome comes to an abrupt hault, when it turns out Parliament is on Summer Recess.

''Citizen Smith'' starred Robert Lindsay as "Wolfie" Smith, a young Marxist urban revolutionary living in Tooting, South UsefulNotes/{{London}}, who is attempting to emulate his hero CheGuevara. Wolfie is the self-proclaimed leader of the Tooting Popular Front (in reality a small bunch of his friends), whose goals are "Power to the People" and "Freedom for Tooting". In reality, he is an unemployed dreamer and petty criminal whose plans fall through due to laziness and disorganisation.

''Citizen Smith'' starred Robert Lindsay as "Wolfie" Smith, a young Marxist urban revolutionary living in Tooting, South UsefulNotes/{{London}}, who is attempting to emulate his hero Che Guevara. Wolfie is the self-proclaimed leader of the Tooting Popular Front (in reality a small bunch of his friends), whose goals are "Power to the People" and "Freedom for Tooting". In reality, he is an unemployed dreamer and petty criminal whose plans fall through due to laziness and disorganisation.

''Citizen Smith'' starred Robert Lindsay as "Wolfie" Smith, a young Marxist urban revolutionary living in Tooting, South London, who is attempting to emulate his hero Che Guevara. Wolfie is the self-proclaimed leader of the Tooting Popular Front (in reality a small bunch of his friends), whose goals are "Power to the People" and "Freedom for Tooting". In reality, he is an unemployed dreamer and petty criminal whose plans fall through due to laziness and disorganisation.

--->POWER TO THE PEOPLE!

''Citizen Smith'' is a British television sitcom. The show was written by John Sullivan, who later wrote ''OnlyFoolsAndHorses''. The pilot was transmitted on 12 April 1977 in the Comedy Special series of one-off plays, and the series proper ran from 3 November 1977 to 31 December 1980.

!!This show provides examples of:

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Other than his girlfriend and Ken, very few people seemed inclined to call Wolfie Smith by his chosen first name; he was 'Smithy' to the rest of the Tooting Popular Front, 'The Yeti' to his future father-in-law, 'Foxy' to his terminally confused mother-in-law, and 'Trotsky' to the local villain, Harry Fenning.

* Bruiser with a Soft Center: Speed.

* BruiserwithaSoftCenter: Speed.

* Studio Audience:

* LaughTrack: Also mixed with a studio audience

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Other than his girlfriend and Ken, very few people seemed inclined to call Wolfie Smith by his chosen first name; he was 'Smithy' to the rest of the Tooting Popular Front, 'The Yeti' to his future father-in-law, 'Foxy' to his terminally confused mother-in-law, and 'Trotsky' to the local villain.