Citizen Smith
- TV sitcom
- BBC One
- 1977 - 1980
- 30 episodes (4 series)
Wolfie Smith leads South London's premier Marxist revolutionary movement - the Tooting Popular Front. Membership: 6. Stars Robert Lindsay, Cheryl Hall, Mike Grady, Hilda Braid, Tony Millan and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 5 - The Hostage
Following a Parliamentary by-election humiliation in which he gained a mere 6 votes, Wolfie plans to kidnap the Conservative who beat him to the local seat, and hold him ransom. After all, there's nothing as bad as democracy!
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 1st December 1977
- Time
- 7:40pm
- Channel
- BBC One
- Length
- 30 minutes
Cast & crew
| Robert Lindsay | Wolfie Smith |
| Cheryl Hall | Shirley |
| Mike Grady | Ken |
| Hilda Braid | Mum |
| Tony Millan | Tucker |
| Peter Vaughan | Dad |
| Stephen Greif | Harry Fenning |
| Patricia Denys | Mrs West |
| John Sullivan | Writer |
| Dennis Main Wilson | Director |
| Ray Butt | Director |
| Dennis Main Wilson | Producer |
| Roland Tongue | Editor |
| Paul Allen | Production Designer |
| John Sullivan | Composer |