"repeated on BBC One in 1992/1993. The series has also been re-run on satellite channels UKGold/UKTV Drama and on Gold, though one episode has never been repeated - ""A Story For Christmas"" from 1977. All the episodes have been released on DVD in either the first or second boxset. John Sullivan wrote all of the episodes and all episodes starred Robert Lindsay as Wolfie. ""Citizen Smith"", a novelisation of the first series written by Christopher Kenworthy, was published by Universal books, London in 1978. (192 pages for 75p). In 2015, Robert Lindsay was reported as saying he was very keen"
"approached television producer Dennis Main Wilson with a script about a young Marxist. This led to a pilot for ""Comedy Special"" in 1977 which, following a positive reaction, was commissioned for a full series, ""Citizen Smith"" (1977–80). ""Citizen Smith"" ran for four series, after which Sullivan was asked to submit another idea. An initial idea for a comedy set in the world of football was rejected, so he proposed an alternative idea for a sitcom centring on a cockney market trader in working-class, modern-day London called ""Readies"". Through Ray Butt, a BBC producer and director whom Sullivan had met and"
"Smith (TV series) Smith is an American television drama that premiered on September 19, 2006 at 10:00 p.m. ET on CBS, created by John Wells. The show follows a group of professional thieves who struggle to keep their work separate from the rest of their lives. The leader of the group Bobby Stevens (played by Ray Liotta) seeks to end his criminal ways after a few more big scores. His plan is not successful and his wife Hope (Virginia Madsen) becomes suspicious. Bobby has a day job as a salesman for a paper cup manufacturer, which allows him to travel"
"""Danger UXD"", went on to appear in several Hollywood films. In 1980, John Sullivan, a scriptwriter under contract at the BBC, was already well known as the writer of the successful sitcom ""Citizen Smith"". It came to an end that year and Sullivan was searching for a new project. An initial idea for a comedy set in the world of football was rejected by the BBC, as was his alternative idea, a sitcom centring on a cockney market trader in working class, modern-day London. The latter idea persisted. Through Ray Butt, a BBC producer and director whom Sullivan had met"
"befriended when they were working on ""Citizen Smith"", a draft script was shown to the Corporation's Head of Comedy, John Howard Davies. Davies commissioned Sullivan to write a full series under an alternative title ""Only Fools and Horses"", which had also been the name of a ""Citizen Smith"" episode. Sullivan believed the key factor in it being accepted was the success of ITV's new drama ""Minder"", a series with a similar premise and also set in modern-day London. Much of Sullivan's material for ""Only Fools and Horses"" scripts came from his real-life experiences; falling through a raised bar flap, the"
"should base his new sitcom around a woman. His source of inspiration was a letter in a magazine read to him by his wife, written by a woman who had been jilted by her fiancé on the day of her wedding. According to a 2007 ""Comedy Connections"" documentary on ""Just Good Friends"", Sullivan was originally motivated to create the character by Cheryl Hall, the co-star of ""Citizen Smith"". Hall complained that Sullivan was incapable of writing comedy for women, always giving the best of his material to the male characters. Sullivan was stung by the remark because, in his words,"
"Citizen James Citizen James is a BBC sitcom that ran for three series between 24 November 1960 and 23 November 1962. The show featured comedian and actor Sid James and Sydney Tafler with Bill Kerr and Liz Fraser appearing in early episodes. It was initially written by the comedy writing team of Galton and Simpson, who based the characters very much on the ""Sidney Balmoral James"" and ""Bill Kerr, the dim-witted Australian"" roles that they had played in ""Hancock's Half Hour"". The first series was set around 'Charlie's Nosh Bar', a cafe in Soho, and centred on Sid's get-rich-quick schemes."
"Mr. & Mrs. Smith (TV series) Mr. & Mrs. Smith is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS. Starring Scott Bakula and Maria Bello, the series aired from September 1996 to November 1996. ""Mr. & Mrs. Smith"" was set and filmed in Seattle. The series was produced by Page Two Productions and Bakula Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. A spy known only as Mr. Smith (Bakula) works for a private security organization known as ""The Factory"". Using covert operatives and the latest technology they gather information on technology, science, and economics in an effort to protect"
"The Smith Family (TV series) The Smith Family is an American comedy-drama television series starring Henry Fonda and Ron Howard and produced by Don Fedderson Productions in association with CBS television. The series aired on ABC from January 20, 1971 to June 7, 1972, for 39 episodes. Chad Smith is a police detective in Los Angeles. The show covered the exploits of Sergeant Smith and his relationships with his wife Betty and their three children, 18-year-old Cindy, 15-year-old Bob and 7-year-old Brian. The opening season theme song was ""Primrose Lane"", composed by Red Callender (as George Callender) and Wayne Shanklin."
"The Smith Family (TV series) The Smith Family is an American comedy-drama television series starring Henry Fonda and Ron Howard and produced by Don Fedderson Productions in association with CBS television. The series aired on ABC from January 20, 1971 to June 7, 1972, for 39 episodes. Chad Smith is a police detective in Los Angeles. The show covered the exploits of Sergeant Smith and his relationships with his wife Betty and their three children, 18-year-old Cindy, 15-year-old Bob and 7-year-old Brian. The opening season theme song was ""Primrose Lane"", composed by Red Callender (as George Callender) and Wayne Shanklin."
"Adam Smith (director) Adam Smith is an English film, television drama, documentary, and music video director. His filmmaking journey began as a teenager, making visuals for raves and nightclubs in a creative collective, which he co founded, called Vegetable Vision. Smith started his television directing career in 2007, with four episodes of the television series ""Skins"". He then went on to directing episodes of the BBC One drama ""Little Dorrit"", based on Charles Dickens' novel. In 2010, he directed the first episode of the revival fifth series of ""Doctor Who"", 'The Eleventh Hour' and episodes four and five titled 'The"
"with all seven episodes airing. All seven episodes of ""Smith"", including the four episodes that never aired on CBS, were put on the network's Innertube broadband video section for a few weeks. Warner Bros. Television made all seven episodes (with a synopsis for the plotted eighth through twelfth episodes) available via digital download in November 2006 on Apple's iTunes Store, AOL, and Amazon. Smith (TV series) Smith is an American television drama that premiered on September 19, 2006 at 10:00 p.m. ET on CBS, created by John Wells. The show follows a group of professional thieves who struggle to keep"
"Steve Smith (comedian) Steven ""Steve"" Smith Jr., (born December 24, 1945) is a Canadian-American actor, writer and comedian. He is best known as the co-creator and star of the sketch comedy show ""The Red Green Show"", for which he portrayed the title character. Smith was born in Toronto. Before turning to comedy, he studied engineering at the University of Waterloo and then worked a variety of jobs. In 1979, he began to produce, write, and star in ""Smith & Smith"", a sketch comedy series with a cast consisting of Smith and his wife, Morag Smith. The show was produced for"
"Lime Street (TV series) Lime Street is an American action/drama series that aired on the ABC television network during the 1985 television season. The series was created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who also served as executive producer alongside husband Harry Thomason and series star Robert Wagner. James Culver (Wagner), a widower, raises his two daughters, Elizabeth (Smith) and Margaret Ann (Brewton) with his own father (Ayres) and investigates insurance cases with the British Edward Wingate (Standing). The cast of ""Lime Street"" included veteran Hollywood star Robert Wagner and Samantha Smith. Smith, a schoolgirl in Manchester, Maine, had written then-Soviet premier Yuri"
"a series, good commercial idea, and wanted to know if I could glue the idea of a western hero and a James Bond type together in the same show."" Ralston said he then created the Civil War characters, the format, the story outline and nine drafts of the script that was the basis for the television series. It was his idea, for example, to have a secret agent named Jim West who would perform secret missions for President Ulysses S. Grant. Ralston's experience brought to light a common Hollywood practice of the 1950s and 60s when television writers who helped"
"and become friends with when they were working on ""Citizen Smith"", a draft script was shown to the Corporation's Head of Comedy, John Howard Davies. Davies commissioned Sullivan to write a full series. Sullivan believed the key factor in its being accepted was the success of ITV's new drama, ""Minder"", a series with a similar premise and also set in modern-day London. Sullivan had initially given the show the working title ""Readies"". For the actual title he intended to use, as a reference to the protagonist's tax and work-evading lifestyle, ""Only Fools and Horses"". That name was based on a"
"Japanese Game Show"", ""Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura"", ""Full Throttle Saloon"", and ""The World According to Paris"". Arthur Smith (producer) Arthur Smith is a Canadian television producer who is the CEO of A. Smith & Co. He previously worked for CBC Sports, Dick Clark Productions, MCA Television Group, and Fox Sports Net. Smith was born Montreal in 1960 and grew up in Hampstead, Quebec. He became interested in television during his youth, making predictions of television ratings and reading ""Variety"" and ""The Hollywood Reporter"". At the age of sixteen he became a disc jockey in Montreal. He also acted in"
"Julia Smith Julia Smith (26 May 1927 – 19 June 1997) was an English television director and producer. She is best known as a writer and co-creator along with Tony Holland of the BBC soap opera ""EastEnders"". London-born Smith became involved in television production when she directed the series ""Suspense"" in 1962. Soon, she was directing popular BBC shows such as ""Z Cars"" (in 1962); and ""Doctor Who"" (in 1966), where she directed the stories ""The Smugglers"" and ""The Underwater Menace"". In 1967 she directed an adaptation of ""The Railway Children"" with Jenny Agutter that was successful enough for it"
"Judy Smith Judy A. Smith (born October 27, 1958) is an American crisis manager, lawyer, author, and television producer. She is known as the founder, president, and CEO of the crisis management firm Smith & Company. Her work in crisis management is the inspiration for the ABC television series ""Scandal"". Smith was born on October 27, 1958, in Washington, D.C. She attended St. Francis de Sales Elementary School and the Academy of Notre Dame. Following high school, she attended Boston University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Public Relations. She later enrolled at American University and graduated"
"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series) Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is an American sitcom that aired on ABC starring Fess Parker. The series, which aired from October 1962 to March 1963, was based on the 1939 Frank Capra film of the same name, starring James Stewart in the title role. Fess Parker as Eugene Smith, an honest but unsophisticated U.S. senator from an unidentified small-populated state. According to the story line, Eugene Smith is elected to a Senate vacancy after the death of an incumbent. The series also features Sandra Warner as Parker's wife, Pat Smith; country music"
"Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005 film) Mr. & Mrs. Smith is a 2005 American romantic action comedy directed by Doug Liman and written by Simon Kinberg. The film stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a bored upper-middle class married couple surprised to learn that they are assassins belonging to competing agencies, and that they have been assigned to kill each other. Besides being a box office hit, it also established Pitt and Jolie's relationship. The film opens with construction executive John (Brad Pitt) and tech support consultant Jane Smith (Angelina Jolie) answering questions during marriage counselling. The couple has"
"to adapt Donald Hamilton's creation, although there were reports in 2006 that a film studio had optioned the rights to the character. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Unknown Matt Helm (TV series) Matt Helm is an American mystery television series which aired on ABC from September 20, 1975 to January 3, 1976. The title character was played by Anthony Franciosa. The series was loosely based upon the literary character Matt Helm, who had been created and introduced by Donald Hamilton in his 1960 novel, ""Death of a Citizen""; he had also been played by Dean Martin in a series of spy comedy films in"
"Hamilton, Ontario's CHCH and syndicated to other television stations in Canada. In 1985, Smith created the family sitcom ""Me & Max"". After the first season the Smiths went back to sketch comedy, creating the series ""The Comedy Mill"", which ran for four years. Smith was a writer on ""Offside"", a sports comedy series for CTV, head writer for Global's ""Laughing Matters"", and the TV pilot of ""Out of Our Minds"" with David Steinberg. He wrote three episodes of CBS' ""Top Cops"" series. In 1991 Smith starred in ""The Red Green Show"". In all, 300 episodes of the series were produced."
"China Smith China Smith was a 1950s television adventure series starring Dan Duryea. The television show takes place in Singapore. Much of the cast and crew also worked on the film ""World for Ransom"", which is considered an extension of the television program. Director Robert Aldrich had also directed two episodes of the series. The title character was a soldier of fortune wearing a white suit and panama hat living in Singapore who would face danger and excitement every week. The series was made with a two-year gap; the first 26 episodes being filmed in Mexico, the second 26 episodes"
"Kevin Smith Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, and podcaster. He came to prominence with the low-budget comedy film ""Clerks"" (1994), which he wrote, directed, co-produced, and acted in as the character Silent Bob of stoner duo Jay and Silent Bob. Jay and Silent Bob have appeared in Smith's follow-up films ""Mallrats"", ""Chasing Amy"", ""Dogma"", ""Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back"", and ""Clerks 2"" which were set primarily in his home state of New Jersey. While not strictly sequential, the films frequently featured crossover plot elements, character references, and"
"John Sullivan (writer) John Richard Thomas Sullivan OBE (23 December 1946 – 22 April 2011) was an English television scriptwriter responsible for several British sitcoms, including ""Only Fools and Horses"", ""Citizen Smith"" and ""Just Good Friends"". John Sullivan was born at 35 Zennor Road, Balham, London, on 23 December 1946. His Irish-born father was John Patrick Sullivan, (17 March 1908-September 1993), a plumber, and his mother was Hilda Clara May, née Parker (23 December 1907–December 1992), a cleaner. From working-class South London, Sullivan worked in a variety of low-paid jobs for 15 years before getting his first break writing the"
"just enough celebrity misbehavior to hold the reader's attention."" ""Publishers Weekly"" was less enthusiastic, concluding that her ""approach feels unwieldy and better suited to accompany her services as a crisis manager than as a do-it-yourself program"". She has received numerous communications and leadership awards and is active in community service. Judy Smith Judy A. Smith (born October 27, 1958) is an American crisis manager, lawyer, author, and television producer. She is known as the founder, president, and CEO of the crisis management firm Smith & Company. Her work in crisis management is the inspiration for the ABC television series ""Scandal""."
"Roy Forge Smith Roy Forge Smith (18 May 1929 – 6 February 2017) was a British production designer known for his work in films, such as ""Monty Python and the Holy Grail"", and television, including 44 episodes of the ""Ghost Whisperer"" from 2005 to 2007. Smith received two ADG Excellence in Production Design Award nominations for his work on the television movies ""The Hunley"" in 1998 and the 2002 CBS biopic, ""Martin and Lewis"". He frequently collaborated with writer and director, John Gray. Smith was a native of London. He began his career, which spanned more than 40 years in"
"comedy producers/directors in British radio and television"". Other shows he produced include ""Sykes and a..."" with Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, ""Here's Harry"" with Harry Worth, ""It's Marty"" starring Marty Feldman and ""The Rag Trade"" (which he also directed). He had less success with ""Private Eye TV"", an attempt to turn the magazine ""Private Eye"" into a television programme. In 1976, a scene-shifter at the BBC handed him a script he had written. Main Wilson turned it into ""Citizen Smith"". The scene-shifter was John Sullivan, who later wrote ""Just Good Friends"", ""Dear John"" and ""Only Fools and Horses"". Main Wilson"
"the buddy cop action comedy ""Cop Out"", as well as the horror film ""Red State"". Outside of film, Smith has worked in various capacities on several television series. Smith also participates in Q&A sessions that have routinely been filmed for DVD release, beginning with ""An Evening with Kevin Smith"". Kevin Smith filmography Kevin Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director. The following is a filmography chronicling his work. Smith came to prominence with the low-budget comedy ""Clerks"" (1994), in which he appeared as the character Silent Bob. His first several films were mostly set in his home"
"films. David Elgood first proposed a radio adaptation of the novel in 1974, but nothing came of it in that decade. Philip DeGuere, whose credits include the TV series ""Alias Smith and Jones"", developed a script in the late 1970s for Universal, who planned to film it initially as a six-hour mini-series for CBS Television, and later as a two- or three-hour telemovie for ABC. However, Universal discovered that its contracts with Arthur C. Clarke - some of which dated back to 1957 - were out of date. These contractual difficulties were resolved in 1979 and DeGuere worked with legendary"
"Matt Helm (TV series) Matt Helm is an American mystery television series which aired on ABC from September 20, 1975 to January 3, 1976. The title character was played by Anthony Franciosa. The series was loosely based upon the literary character Matt Helm, who had been created and introduced by Donald Hamilton in his 1960 novel, ""Death of a Citizen""; he had also been played by Dean Martin in a series of spy comedy films in the late 1960s. This series resembled neither the books—in which Helm was a terse assassin for a secret government agency—nor the films—in which Helm"
"Kevin Smith filmography Kevin Smith is an American screenwriter, actor, film producer, and director. The following is a filmography chronicling his work. Smith came to prominence with the low-budget comedy ""Clerks"" (1994), in which he appeared as the character Silent Bob. His first several films were mostly set in his home state of New Jersey; and, while not strictly sequential, they frequently feature crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon described by fans as the ""View Askewniverse""—named after his production company View Askew Productions, which he co-founded with Scott Mosier. Smith also directed and produced films such as"