this be a masterpiece by john sullivan who go on to write the brilliant only fool and horse and only one sitcom be good than this and that be dads army . it be about marxist wolfie smith ( robert lindsay ) and who be leader of the toot popular front ( tpf ) . he and tpf member ken ( mike grady ) be lodger at the johnson household and which consist of shirley ( cheryll hall series 1 and 2 ) who be wolfies fiancée and until she immigrate to italy and dad charles johnson ( antro morris pilot and peter vaughn series 1 and 2 and tony steedman series 3 and 4 ) and daft mum florence ( hilda braid ) . also in the tpf be tucker ( tony millan ) and speed ( george sweeney ) . they drink at the vigalante which be own by harry fenning ( stephen grief series 1 to 3 ) and who be a hard man and until he go and be rumour to have be kill by ronnie lynch ( david garfield ) who be the new landlord of the pub . he be marry to mandy ( susie baker ) . this be great comedy and the best character in it be the mum . i would have think when shirley leave and the show wouldn not be a good and it be still a masterpiece . a fantastic end theme tune . best episode represent the hostage and series 1 episode 4. here the tpf kidnap a tory m. p. and but it turn out to be harry fenning .