Citizen Smith
Correction of origins of main character's name
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'''''Citizen Smith''''' is a British television sitcom written by [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]], first broadcast from 1977 to 1980.{{Cite web|title=BFI Screenonline: Citizen Smith (1977-80)|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/577221/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=screenonline.org.uk}} |
'''''Citizen Smith''''' is a British television sitcom written by [[John Sullivan (writer)|John Sullivan]], first broadcast from 1977 to 1980.{{Cite web|title=BFI Screenonline: Citizen Smith (1977-80)|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/577221/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=screenonline.org.uk}} |
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It starred [[Robert Lindsay (actor)|Robert Lindsay]] as Walter Henry "Wolfie" Smith,{{cite news |last=Barnett |first=David |date=20 March 2017 |title=We remember Citizen Smith fondly but is there a place for him in today's politics? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/citizen-smith-who-tv-sitcom-uk-politics-returns-robert-lindsay-marxist-jeremy-corbyn-a7631306.html |work=[[The Independent]] |location= |access-date=4 January 2022}} a young [[Marxist]]{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/citizen_smith/| title = The British Comedy Guide | website = [[British Comedy Guide]] |access-date=25 September 2011}} "urban guerrilla" in [[Tooting]], south [[London]], who is attempting to emulate his hero [[Che Guevara]].{{Cite web|title=Citizen Smith (1977)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7017587e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118230924/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7017587e|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2017|access-date=2021-08-12|website=BFI|language=en}} |
It starred [[Robert Lindsay (actor)|Robert Lindsay]] as Walter Henry "Wolfie" Smith,{{cite news |last=Barnett |first=David |date=20 March 2017 |title=We remember Citizen Smith fondly but is there a place for him in today's politics? |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/citizen-smith-who-tv-sitcom-uk-politics-returns-robert-lindsay-marxist-jeremy-corbyn-a7631306.html |work=[[The Independent]] |location= |access-date=4 January 2022}} a young [[Marxist]]{{cite web |url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/citizen_smith/| title = The British Comedy Guide | website = [[British Comedy Guide]] |access-date=25 September 2011}} "urban guerrilla" in [[Tooting]], south [[London]], who is attempting to emulate his hero [[Che Guevara]].{{Cite web|title=Citizen Smith (1977)|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7017587e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118230924/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7017587e|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2017|access-date=2021-08-12|website=BFI|language=en}} The main character's name comes from Winston Smith in Orwell's '1984' (claims that it was an alias of Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone whilst living in Paris are an internet urban legend with no foundation), with the first name being a reference to German poet and dissident [[Wolf Biermann]]'s 1973 song "(Hasta Siempre) Commandante Che Guevara". Wolfie is the self-proclaimed leader of the revolutionary Tooting Popular Front (the TPF, merely being his small bunch of friends), the goals of which are "Power to the People" and "Freedom for Tooting". |
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Wolfie dresses in a stereotypical fashion for rebellious students of the period: logoed T-shirt, denim jeans, Afghan coat, and black beret. He supports [[Fulham F. C.|Fulham]] and occasionally wears a Fulham scarf. He rides a scooter and lives in the attic room at his girlfriend's parents’ house, and constantly clashes with her over-protective father. |
Wolfie dresses in a stereotypical fashion for rebellious students of the period: logoed T-shirt, denim jeans, Afghan coat, and black beret. He supports [[Fulham F. C.|Fulham]] and occasionally wears a Fulham scarf. He rides a scooter and lives in the attic room at his girlfriend's parents’ house, and constantly clashes with her over-protective father. |
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