Robert Lindsay has confirmed he is in talks to reprise his role as Wolfie in ‘Citizen Smith’.
The ‘My Family’ star was approached by a production house who are keen to bring back the popular BBC sitcom, which had four series from 1977 to 1980 and he thinks it’s a "fantastic idea" for his socialite character to return as a politician running for the Labour Party.
He revealed: "There are moves afoot in the industry to bring Citizen Smith back with some respected figures that I very much admire.
"I’ve been chased by a production company which is very much trying to get Wolfie to run for the Labour Party and bring him back into power. I think that’s a fantastic idea."
Meanwhile, the 65-year-old British actor admitted he didn’t complete ‘Citizen Smith’ because at the time he wanted to be seen as a "serious actor" and you couldn’t do that working on sitcoms, despite later taking on his most noted role alongside co-star Zoë Wanamaker [Susan Harper] as Ben Harper in the hit comedy ‘My Family’.
He told The Independent newspaper: "It was a series I never finished. It was just beginning to become huge. You know what happens — you want to be a serious actor, you don’t want to do sitcoms.
"That’s the funny thing with sitcoms. The word ‘sitcom’ becomes such a dirty word."
Robert Lindsay confirms Citizen Smith reboot talks
