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London Sitcom Suburbs #1 – Tooting

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One of the unavoidable themes that emerged schlepping around London for the walks in This Other London was the relationship between London suburbia and sitcoms. Here’s Wolfie Smith and the Tooting Popular Front in the 70’s classic Citizen Smith.

 

 

 

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Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking adventure in our city’s remote and forgotten reaches. Reviews ‘We’d rather think of him...
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