"Citizen Smith Citizen Smith is a British television sitcom written by John Sullivan, first broadcast from 1977 to 1980. It starred Robert Lindsay as ""Wolfie"" Smith, a young Marxist ""urban guerrilla"" in Tooting, south London, who is attempting to emulate his hero Che Guevara. Wolfie is a reference to the Irish revolutionary Wolfe Tone, who used the pseudonym Citizen Smith in order to evade capture by the British. Wolfie is the self-proclaimed leader of the revolutionary Tooting Popular Front (the TPF, merely a small bunch of his friends), the goals of which are ""Power to the People"" and ""Freedom for"
"refers to him as a ""flaming yeti"" or ""Chairman Mao"". Shirley considers herself engaged to Wolfie, on account of a fake crocodile tooth necklace he gave her after she was asked when they would get engaged. Other regular characters in the series are the other 'urban guerrillas': Tucker (married to the ever-pregnant but never-seen June); Speed, the TPF's Warlord, and his girlfriend Desiree; and local gangster publican Harry Fenning (played by Stephen Greif), who refers to Wolfie as ""Trotsky"". Wolfie and the TPF frequent Harry's pub, 'The Vigilante', and are at times menaced by Harry's hired muscle Floyd and Cyril"
"(played by Dana Michie and Barry Hayes), who are referred to by Florence as ""Mr Fenning's foster children"". The nearest Wolfie comes to legitimate political office is contesting the Tooting North constituency as the TPF candidate at a televised by-election; however, he gains only six votes, losing to Conservative candidate David West. He and the gang attempt to kidnap the new MP from a victory celebration, only to mistakenly capture Harry Fenning (who was leaving the Conservative Club during the occasion) instead (Episode 6 - ""The Hostage""). Series two consists of six episodes; however, owing to industrial action at the"
"& I"" (1962–67) was set in the fictional Lobelia Avenue in Tooting. The BBC comedy series ""Citizen Smith"" (1977–80) was set in Tooting and popularised the cry ""Freedom for Tooting!"". The lead character in the series, Wolfie Smith (Robert Lindsay), was the founder of a fictional revolutionary socialist political organisation, the Tooting Popular Front. The Kitchens of Distinction (who formed in the area) recorded ""On Tooting Broadway Station"" on their album ""The Death of Cool"" (1992). In 2005, a 28 km diameter crater on Mars was named after Tooting. A geologic map of Tooting Crater is under preparation, and will"
"Tufnell Park Tufnell Park is an area in north London, England in the London Boroughs of Islington and Camden. Its existence as a district or neighbourhood in Inner London is consolidated by its tube station on the Northern Line which, non-exclusively, serves this area of former farmland last owned by a wealthy branch of the Tufnell family before its development. The station opened in 1907. It is shared as nearest station by the similarly residential, higher area towards the centre of Highbury, Dartmouth Park; the two are separated by part of today's London Overground line built in the 19th century"
"Tottenham Mandem The Tottenham Mandem (also Tottenham Man Dem or TMD) are an organized street gang based in Tottenham, north London, that began on the Broadwater Farm estate prior to the Broadwater Farm riot in 1985. One of the early members and later leader Mark Lambie was a suspect in the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during that riot. Lambie had been top of Operation Trident's wanted list due to the close links he had built with gangs in Wembley, Harlesden and south London. He was jailed in 2002. In January 2014, it was reported that the Metropolitan Police had"
"Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency) Tottenham () is a constituency created in 1950 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2000 by Rt Hon David Lammy, a member of the Labour Party. It previously existed from 1885 to 1918. 1885-1918: The parish of Tottenham, and the area [small exclaves] included in the Parliamentary Boroughs of Bethnal Green, Hackney, Shoreditch, and Tower Hamlets. 1950-1974: The Borough of Tottenham wards of Bruce Grove and Stoneleigh, Chestnuts, Green Lanes, Stamford Hill, Town Hall, and West Green. 1974-1983: The Borough of Haringey wards of Bruce Grove, Green Lanes, High Cross, Seven"
"Sisters, South Tottenham, Tottenham Central, and West Green. 1983-2010: As above plus Coleraine, Harringay, Park, and White Hart Lane. 2010-present: Bruce Grove, Harringay, Northumberland Park, St Ann’s, Seven Sisters, Tottenham Green, Tottenham Hale, West Green, White Hart Lane. From 2018 (proposed): As above plus Stroud Green. The constituency is in the London Borough of Haringey in north London, covering the borough's central and eastern area. The seat sided with the Conservative party candidate until the January-to-February-held 1906 election, a party noted for the gradual social reforms of Benjamin Disraeli in the early 1880s, particularly in education and urban deprivation. By"
"proximate cause of the 2011 England riots. Tottenham Mandem The Tottenham Mandem (also Tottenham Man Dem or TMD) are an organized street gang based in Tottenham, north London, that began on the Broadwater Farm estate prior to the Broadwater Farm riot in 1985. One of the early members and later leader Mark Lambie was a suspect in the murder of PC Keith Blakelock during that riot. Lambie had been top of Operation Trident's wanted list due to the close links he had built with gangs in Wembley, Harlesden and south London. He was jailed in 2002. In January 2014, it"
"nearest station), in neighbouring districts equally named after their stations: This space provide Islington's only full-size grass football pitch, shared by clubs. Adjoining this former home ground of Tufnell Park F.C., sectioned off are: Conspicuously ornate architecture, modest incomes and its pretense of using its relatively obscure and late former single estate's name made the area a standard comic reference in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Tufnell Park Tufnell Park is an area in north London, England in the London Boroughs of Islington and Camden. Its existence as a district or neighbourhood in Inner London is consolidated by its tube"
"areas surrounding Tottenham, and the emergence of an organised crime ring known as the Turkish mafia was said to have controlled more than 90% of the UK's heroin market. In 1999, Tottenham was identified as one of the yardies' strongholds in London, along with Hackney, Harlesden, Peckham and Brixton. The Victoria line has two stations in the area, one at Seven Sisters and the other at Tottenham Hale. The line also has its operating depot in the area at Northumberland Park. London Overground services on the Lea Valley (Enfield Town & Cheshunt Branch) call at Seven Sisters, Bruce Grove and"
"most interior and exterior church scenes of various churches, the snooker club, the County Court and Magistrates' Courts courtrooms, and the cemetery (where most of the deceased characters are interred). The name Walford is both a street in Dalston where one of the series' creators, Tony Holland, lived and a blend of Walthamstow, where Holland was born, and Stratford. The suffix 'ford' is also found throughout East London, for example, Ilford and Chingford]. Walford's London postcode district is E20 (real East London postcode districts only went up to E18 until 2011, when E20 was introduced to serve the London 2012"
"was Joseph Howard of the Conservative Party. The boundaries were redrawn in 1918, and Tottenham was divided into two separate constituencies: Tottenham North and Tottenham South. Since being reinstated in 1950, it has been predominantly represented by MPs from the Labour Party, with the exception of Alan Brown who defected to the Conservatives due to disagreement with the Labour Party's defence policy at the time. The current MP is David Lammy who won a by-election in 2000 following the death of Bernie Grant. Tottenham was at the centre of a local administrative area from the medieval period until 1965. The"
"London in 1977, the plot takes place against the background of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. The film begins as buddy movie between two friends, Chris and Caz, who run a pirate radio station from a tower block in Dalston, East London. The film starts with the murder of their friend TJ while cruising for sex in the local park at night. While Caz is distraught by the death of his friend, Chris seems focused on balancing a professional career in commercial radio without selling out. They both want to promote soul music while the prevailing popular music is punk. The"
"Shoreditch Shoreditch is a district in London, England. It is within Central and East London and located in the East End, and is divided between the boroughs of Hackney, Tower Hamlets and Islington. A historic entertainment quarter since the 16th century, today it hosts a number of nightclubs and bars to the west, while the east is primarily residential. In Tower Hamlets, a small part of Shoreditch is a small exclave separated by Bethnal Green from the rest of the district, it is considered part of the district due to the now-closed Shoreditch tube station location. The district itself lies"
"Tottenham Tottenham () is a district of north London, England, in the London Borough of Haringey. It is north-north-east of Charing Cross. Tottenham is believed to have been named after Tota, a farmer, whose hamlet was mentioned in the Domesday Book. 'Tota's hamlet', it is thought, developed into 'Tottenham'. The settlement was recorded in the Domesday Book as ""Toteham"". It is not related to Tottenham Court Road in Central London, though the two names share a similar-sounding root. There has been a settlement at Tottenham for over a thousand years. It grew up along the old Roman road, Ermine Street"
"being pop stars on the back of their 'fame' ended in disaster. While the TPF have been away, a new gangster, Ronnie Lynch, has usurped Fenning's position in Tooting, including his old pub. Wolfie hates him more than he did Fenning, and after various run-ins with Lynch (who constantly refers to Wolfie as ""Wally""), the series was concluded in the penultimate episode, with Wolfie fleeing Tooting to escape a £6,000 contract put on his head by Ronnie Lynch after Lynch had caught Wolfie in his wife Mandy's bedroom. Closing with a shot mirroring the opening credits, we see Wolfie entering"
"a nuclear war and devastation of Earth gave rise to three powerful police superstates continually at war with one another: Oceania, ruled by the omnipresent Big Brother; Eurasia ruled by the communists, and finally East Asia ruled by a sub-branch of socialists. By 1984, London, with its bomb-proof ministry, was designated as the capital of Airstrip One, a province of Oceania. In the spring of 1984, as the sound of air raid sirens wail above the London streets, Winston Smith (O'Brien), a member of the elite Outer Party, takes cover in an underpass and encounters Julia (Sterling), a woman he"
"that the atomic bombings occurred first, followed by civil war featuring ""confused street fighting in London itself"" and the societal postwar reorganisation, which the Party retrospectively calls ""the Revolution"". Most of the plot takes place in London, the ""chief city of Airstrip One"", the Oceanic province that ""had once been called England or Britain"". Posters of the Party leader, Big Brother, bearing the caption ""BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU"", dominate the city (Winston states it can be found on nearly every house), while the ubiquitous ""telescreen"" (transceiving television set) monitors the private and public lives of the party members. Military"
"Seven Sisters, London Seven Sisters is an area of north London in the United Kingdom, formerly within the municipal borough of Tottenham, which on 1 April 1965 was subsumed into the new London Borough of Haringey. It is located at the eastern end of Seven Sisters Road, which runs from Tottenham High Road to join the A1 in Holloway.It is within the south Tottenham postal district. The Dorset map of 1619 shows the area we know today as Seven Sisters named as Page Greene. However, by 1805 the first series Ordnance Survey map was showing the area as Seven Sisters."
"Twickenham Twickenham is an affluent suburban area of south-west London, England. It lies on the River Thames and is west-southwest of Charing Cross. Historically part of Middlesex, it has formed part of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames since 1965. Twickenham has an extensive town centre and is famous for being the home of rugby union in England, with hundreds of thousands of spectators visiting Twickenham Stadium, the world's largest rugby stadium, each year. The historic riverside area is famous for its network of 18th-century buildings and pleasure grounds, many of which survive intact. This area has three grand"
"Tower division The Tower Division was a Liberty in the ancient county of Middlesex, England. It was also known as the Tower Hamlets, and took its name from the military obligations owed to the Constable of the Tower of London. In contemporary terms, the Liberty covered inner East London, the area now administered by the eponymous modern London Borough of Tower Hamlets together with most of the modern London Borough of Hackney (Shoreditch and Hackney proper). The Liberty was seen as synonymous with East London until East London extended further, east of the Lea and into Essex. The Tower Division"
"closing sequence of the very last episode. The station is referenced in the title of the Kitchens of Distinction's song ""On Tooting Broadway Station"" from their third album ""The Death of Cool"". Tooting Broadway tube station Tooting Broadway is a London Underground station in Tooting in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South London. The station is on the Northern line, between and stations and is in Travelcard Zone 3. It is located on the corner of Tooting High Street (A24) and Mitcham Road (A217). The station was opened on 13 September 1926 as part of the Morden extension of the"
"Tottenham Green (ward) Tottenham Green is an electoral ward within the London Borough of Haringey in Greater London, England. According to the 2001 Census, the population of Tottenham Green is around 12,000, in around 5,500 homes. Around 2,900 homes do not own a car. Just under 2,000 of the population are Muslims. The population at the 2011 Census increased to 14,580 in 5,925 homes. Those living in the ward have a life expectancy seven years less than someone living in nearby Highgate; the area has a significant and entrenched problem with guns, drugs, arson, burglaries and anti-social behaviour. The high"
"the series. The name ""Walford"" is both a street in Dalston where Tony Holland lived and a blend of Walthamstow and Stratford—the areas of Greater London where the creators were born. Other parts of the Square and set interiors are based on other locations. The bridge is based upon one near BBC Television Centre which carries the Hammersmith & City tube line over Wood Lane W12, the Queen Vic on the former College Park Hotel pub in Willesden at the end of Scrubs Lane at the junction with Harrow Road NW10 just a couple of miles from BBC Television Centre,"
"of the alleged murder of Terry 'Teddy Bear' Eve and others in the 1970s. The esoteric publishing company founded by phrenologist L.N. Fowler had a shop and offices in the High Road in the 1970s and 1980s. Dairy Crest is a major employer in the area and Sunlight laundry Sainsbury's, Nicholls and Clarke, and Tesco are also major employers. Chadwell heath is served by London Buses services and TfL Rail at Chadwell Heath railway station which is currently being upgraded as part of the Crossrail Project. It has easy rail access to Liverpool Street Station in the City of London."
"to the south the seat takes in Finsbury Park in Harringay. The proportion of people workless and registered as jobseekers was in November 2012 significantly higher than the national average of 3.8%, at 8.0% of the population based on a statistical compilation by ""The Guardian"", though this is not the case in the southern side of the constituency. At that time the London average was similar to the national average, at 4.0%. Tottenham (UK Parliament constituency) Tottenham () is a constituency created in 1950 represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2000 by Rt Hon David"
"by London Weekend Television for their 1970s situation comedy ""On The Buses"". Two bombs planted by the Provisional IRA exploded at the Shopping City complex on 10 December 1992, injuring 11 people, including four police officers. The bombs were hidden in two separate litter bins about 200 yards away from each other. Wood Green stretches from Turnpike Lane in the south to the borough boundary in the north. It's eastern and western boundaries have changed over time and today people have varying senses of what exactly is included in Wood Green. One definition sees the western boundary as formed by"
"serve Tottenham and again at the end of the year. This constituency was recreated to cover a narrower, more focussed seat on the largest town or London District itself, of Tottenham. Parts of two wards were in the former Borough of Hornsey which had a seat, abolished in 1983 to make way for Hornsey and Wood Green. During its modern period of existence, Tottenham has been won consistently by the Labour Party, however one member in the early 1960s, Alan Brown, defected to become independent in opposition and then, crossing the floor, became a Conservative. Brown failed by a wide"
"be published by the U.S. Geological Survey in the United States. The phrase ""Ting Tong from Tooting"" is associated with the character Ting Tong from the UK comedy sketch show ""Little Britain"". Tooting was the setting for the eponymous 2013 British-Tamil crime drama ""Gangs of Tooting Broadway"". In the film ""Johnny English Reborn"", Agent Tucker lives in Tooting. Channel 4 award-winning documentary series 24 Hours in A&E was filmed at St George's Hospital in Tooting. Tooting Tooting is a district of South London, England, forming part of the London Borough of Wandsworth and partly in the London Borough of Merton."
"North & East London primarily but not exclusively, typically in the N16 E5 and N15 postcodes, generally referred to as Stamford Hill, Upper Clapton and South Tottenham, which includes these wards (wholly or partly) in Hackney & Haringey: Brownswood, Stoke Newington Central, Stamford Hill West, Woodbury Down (formerly Lordship & New River), Springfield, Cazenove, Leabridge, Hackney Downs, Seven Sisters and St. Ann's. On many occasions, especially during searches for High Risk Missing People, Stamford Hill Shomrim members would patrol out of these boundaries. Stamford Hill Shomrim is currently headed by three Trustees, a Discipline Committee and an Executive Committee elected"
"Fitzrovia Fitzrovia () is a district in central London, near London's West End, lying partly in the City of Westminster (in the west) and partly in the London Borough of Camden (in the east); north of Oxford Street and Soho between Bloomsbury and Marylebone. It is characterised by its mixed-use of residential, business, retail, education and healthcare, with no single activity dominating. The historically bohemian area was once home to such writers as Virginia Woolf, George Bernard Shaw and Arthur Rimbaud. Although often described as upmarket and home to some celebrities, like much of inner London, Fitzrovia residents have a"
"Fitzrovia Fitzrovia () is a district in central London, near London's West End, lying partly in the City of Westminster (in the west) and partly in the London Borough of Camden (in the east); north of Oxford Street and Soho between Bloomsbury and Marylebone. It is characterised by its mixed-use of residential, business, retail, education and healthcare, with no single activity dominating. The historically bohemian area was once home to such writers as Virginia Woolf, George Bernard Shaw and Arthur Rimbaud. Although often described as upmarket and home to some celebrities, like much of inner London, Fitzrovia residents have a"