Citizen James
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
United Kingdom · 1960-1962
3 seasons · Completed
25m
Creator
Starring Sid James, Bill Kerr, Alec Bregonzi, Sydney Tafler
Genre Comedy
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
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 around Sid's get-rich-quick schemes. He is helped by "Billy the Kerr" and quite often frustrated by the local bookmaker Albert Welshman. Liz Fraser played Sid's long-suffering girlfriend who has been waiting for seven years for Sid to set the date. Changes were made to the format after the first series. Sid James' character was changed to be something of a people's champion, campaigning for social justice. Bill Kerr and Liz Fraser departed and Sidney Tafler played a different character: Charlie Davenport. The location switched from Soho to Sid and Charlie sharing a house. Later episodes were written by then Morecambe & Wise writers Sid Green and Dick Hills.
We hate to say it, but we can't find anywhere to view this film.
What are people saying?
Users who liked this film also liked
Fanny
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1932
- Director Marc Allégret
- Cast Orane Demazis, Raimu, Fernand Charpin, Alida Rouffe, Auguste Mouriès, Marcel Maupi
- Genre Comedy, Drama
- Available on Criterion Channel, Apple TV, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Darkroom
Le dernier des six
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1941
- Director Georges Lacombe
- Cast Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair, Michèle Alfa, André Luguet, Jean Tissier, Jean Chevrier
- Genre Thriller, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Tiny Times 2
(小时代2:青木时代)
- ✭ ✭
- China • 2013
- Director Guo Jingming
- Cast Yang Mi, Amber Kuo, Bea Hayden Kuo, Xie Yi-lin, Kai Ko, Rhydian Vaughan
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Sapphire Blue
(Saphirblau)
- ✭ ✭ ✭
- Germany • 2014
- Director Felix Fuchssteiner, Katharina Schöde
- Cast Maria Ehrich, Jannis Niewöhner, Josefine Preuß, Florian Bartholomäi, Peter Simonischek, Rolf Kanies
- Genre Fantasy, Romance, Science Fiction, Drama, Adventure, Family, Action
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Ambition
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Poland, Ireland, Iceland • 2014
- Director Tomek Baginski
- Cast Aidan Gillen, Aisling Franciosi
- Genre Science Fiction, History, Mystery
- Available on No streaming locations found.
Life of a Mutt
(Призори из живота џукца)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- Serbia • 2021
- Director Tanja Brzaković
- Cast Jelena Bosanac, Anica Dobra, Momčilo Bajagić 'Bajaga', Mirjana Karanović, Iskra Brajović
- Genre Documentary
- Available on No streaming locations found.