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Citizen Smith: Series 3 and 4 [DVD] [1977]
enlarge	Director: Ray Butt Actors: Robert Lindsay, Mike Grady, Hilda Braid, Tony Steedman, Stephen Greif Studio: Playback Category: DVD List Price: ~~£24.99~~ Buy New: £5.32 as of 23/11/2009 05:32 GMT details You Save: £19.67 (79%) New (13) Used (5) from £4.98 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 5 reviews Sales Rank: 4840 Format: Box set, PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Parental Guidance Region: 2 Discs: 3 Number Of Discs: 3 Running Time: 424 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5 Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 5.6 x 0.9 EAN: 3259190313491 ASIN: B000092W9Y Theatrical Release Date: November 3, 1977 Release Date: June 2, 2003 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Power To The People !!! - The Revolution Continues August 21, 2003 29 out of 29 found this review helpful Citizen Smith, the popular 70's sitcom written by John Sullivan, starring Robert Lindsay as Wolfie Smith returns for series 3 4.pWolfie still leads the Tooting Popular Front from disaster to even bigger disaster while waiting for the right moment to storm to power.brWhilst the main members of the TPF, apprentice Buddist Ken, career criminal Speed, and Tucker - a waiter with a Cowboy fixation, remain the same there are a number of cast character changes from series 1 2. pCheryl Hall who played Wolfies long suffering girlfriend Shirley only appears in the first episode, 'Spanish Fly' before her character leaves for a job in Italy.pPeter Vaughn (Shirleys Dad - Charlie), also makes his last appearence in 'Spanish Fly' to be replaced by Tony Steedman.pHarry Fenning (Stephen Greif), the Godfather of Tooting is replaced by Ronnie Lynch (David Garfield), in series 4.pJohn Tordoff appears as Tofkin in three episodes (Don't Look Down, Tofkins Revenge Casablanca Was Never Like This).pMy opinion on the changes are a bit mixed, while not knocking the performances of either David Garfield or Tony Steedman, Ronnie Lynch never really convinces as a 'Godfather' figure the way Harry Fenning did and Peter Vaughn's Charlie Johnson is a stronger more assertive character than the Tony Steedman portrayal.brHaving said this, the all episodes and characters are still very watchable and enjoyable.pJohn Tordoff's character, P.C. Tofkin works a good deal better, however, maybe because he's not directly replacing a character we have already got used to. pThe episodes in this boxset include some absolute classics such as 'Only Fools Horses', (which John Sullivan, of course, used as the title of his most famous Sitcom), The Party's Over and The Glorious Day. brGuest appearances include - Wilfrid Brambell, better known as Old Man Steptoe in the episode 'Only Fools Horses' John Challis, Boycie from the Sitcom 'Only Fools Horses' appears in 'The Letter of The Law'pThe full list is:pSpanish Fly - Wolfie is shocked when Jose, the Leader of The Bilbao Liberation Movement arrives from Spain to see Wolfie and discuss financial support.pDon't Look Down - Shirley has left, Charlie is evicting him so Wolfie decides to make a dramatic gesture by throwing himself from the roof of the Vigilante. Can P.C. Tofkin talk him round?pOnly Fools Horses - When a protest planned at the Town Hall goes wrong, the TPF find they've Hijacked a Lift.pThe Big Job - Wolfie owes a lot of money, and Ken is worried when Harry Fenning offers Wolfie a driving job, the faster the car the better.pTofkins Revenge - Tofkin's back and blackmails the TPF into helping him get revenge on Harry Fenning.pWe Shall Not Be Moved - Wolfie and Ken barracade themselves in after getting an eviction noticepThe Party's Over - Millionaires daughter Caroline Hayden has invited Wolfie to a party at the family mansion, but it's not all it seems.pThe Glorious Day - When the TPF gets hold of a Scorpion Tank, Wolfie decides the Glorious Day has arrived - it's time to invade Westminster!pBigger Than Guy Fawkes - Showbusiness agent Bennie Saltzburg wants Wolfie to be his next Star. Little does he realise that getting the TPF released from their prison sentances for treason will be the least of his problems.pChanges - Harry Fenning has gone scuba diving with concrete flippers, Ronnie Lynch has taken over June is fed up with having a Cowboy for a Husband. Can Wolfie help?pThe Final Try - Ken, Tucker Speed are fed up with everything going wrong and force Wolfie to promise to disband the TPF if he can't get the South African rugby tour cancelled.pThe Letter Of The Law - Ronnie Lynch is up in court for bribery corruption but Wolfie is on the Jury Ronnie makes it quite clear what will happen if he's found guilty. pPrisoners - It's a shock when Speed turns up at Wolfies flat, as he's supposed to be in Prison on remand, and who's he bought with him?pCasablanca Was Never Like This - With Wolfie as Defence Council Speed gets Five years in Prison for a robbery he claims he didn't do. Wolfie decides to hire a private detective to help free him. But his choice, Dick Diamond, turns out to be ex-policeman Tofkin.pSweet Sorrow - When Ronnie Lynch's plans are messed up one time too many, Wolfie thinks it can't get any worse. But when he goes to Ronnies flat to apologise he finds that things can get a lot worse indeed.pBuon Natale (Christmas Special, this is obviously set before 'Sweet Sorrow') - Wolfie Ken decide to get away for Christmas and visit Shirley in Rimini, but can they cross the Alps on the Lambretta?pThis is another great collection for a fan of the series or anyone that likes the Classic sitcoms. If you enjoyed Series 1 2 you will love this.brNo swearing just lots lots of laughs. pPower To The People !!!!!! The revolution is better than ever! February 7, 2009 Almond Huxley (North Wales) 1 out of 1 found this review helpful I thoroughly enjoyed the first series, and it immediately became the highlight of my DVD collection. It was a sad experience to see the closing titles of the final episode. I thought that there were only ever two series made, so imagine my delight when I encountered series three and four in a DVD shop, while looking for something else! I enjoyed this series MUCH more than the last two, despite the departure of Peter Vaughan, who is replaced by the excellent actor Tony Steedman. The character of Shirley also departs after episode one, although this is no great loss. From encountering the mad detective Tofkin to being imprisoned for treason, the series is daring, inventive and painfully funny. Where did the power go? September 14, 2003 Mr D Tremlin (Yeovil, Somerset United Kingdom) 7 out of 7 found this review helpful The moment the credits at the start of an episode begin to run you just know you are on to a winner here .... as long as you are the right age range! The sight of a Cortina Mk2, a (then new) Austin 1300, cruising along confusingly deserted London streets will ring bells only for those that remember those days. Then, the very early shock of the 'bloody' word just a few moments into the very first scene of the pilot episode. Assuming this series went out late in the evening (I truly can't remember) it would not have shocked at all, but it did remind me of the heady days of the first 'bloody' in Citizen Smith and the first loud 'bastard!' in Fawlty Towers! The 70's were indeed much more bawdy than some of us remember? The writing, acting and brilliant timing has lost none of it's appeal. All the characters seem as enthusiastic (except maybe the long suffering Tucker) as I remember them, and the film shots are pure history. It will make you laugh and also make you sigh. Whatever happened to the revolution though :-( Slow boat to Tooting March 3, 2005 Louise Stanley (Reading, Berkshire United Kingdom) 5 out of 6 found this review helpful A lot here to get your teeth into! Not necessarily top-notch, but a must for anyone for whom politics often seems more important than the real world. Starts off rather slow but is well worth sticking with. The transition from series 3 to series 4 is well done (spoiler deleted!) in order to maintain continuity without presupposing prior knowledge. pThis is good solid comic writing, and if it doesn't provide the spark of brilliance that propelled Only Fools and Horses (from the same director and the name of that series comes from a Series 3 episode name) into the stratosphere, it's mainly because time has not been kind to the Tooting Popular Front. Del Boy and Co embody universal and undateable facts of life which has kept them going 20-odd years. A similar show about anti-capitalists, neo-cons or New Labour would look similarly dated in 2030. The only political show that has made it into the classic Britcom fold is Yes (Prime) Minister, because it embodies eternal stereotypes rather than period detail.pRobert Lindsay is better known nowadays as Ben Harper in "My Family", but it is fascinating to watch the genesis of many of today's major Britcom actors from the 1970s to the present day. You can spot cameos by Gordon Kaye as a butler as well as the actress who played Angus Deayton's wife in One Foot in the Grave (I forget her name). A good one for actor trainspotters! A mixed bag March 2, 2009 Blackhorse47 (Moray, Scotland) If you enjoyed the first two seasons you'll want to watch seasons 3 and 4, but these seasons are less consistent than the earlier ones. For a start Wolfie's girlfriend leaves, which creates a big hole in the format and makes Wolfie's landlord somewhat redundant and less appealing as he no longer has anything real to get annoyed about. Making it worse, a new actor plays the landlord and he just doesn't have Peter Vaughn's charm. On the plus side the loss of one character gets compensated for by increasing the screen time of Wolfie's friends. So the series becomes more of an ensemble piece and it works well that way. There are also numerous small parts for actors who would later become well-known. So I think the third season is perhaps the best season and the final 2 episodes, featuring a toff's party and The Tooting Popular Front's assault on the Houses of Parliament, are the show's finest moments. br / br /It would have been sensible to end the series there, but they made one last season and frankly it's pretty dire. The gangster character gets replaced by a buffoon who has no menace or humour, and the increasing presence of a new comic character of Tomkin is annoying. Tomkin is one of those standard comic characters who are not believable in any way and don't do or say a single comic thing. br / br /Worse though is the slapdash feeling to the final season. Throughout the first three seasons there was a feeling of continuity and an ongoing story which made the set-up believable, but all this gets thrown away at the end. Season 3 ends on a cliffhanger, which is resolved in the first episode of season 4, but in a very bad way. This is by far the worst Citizen Smith episode, and it's a real strain to sit through something that feels like it belongs to a completely different series. In fact it is so bad that the very next episode pretends it never happened and restarts the season. The ending is also oddly done in which the penultimate episode provides a perfectly valid ending to the show that works, only for it to be ignored in favour of a second ending that doesn't work. br / br /Anyhow get this for the good season 3, and forgive it for the poor final season.

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