Wolfie Smith, Tooting's answer to Che Guevara - though only in his dress sense - believes that the revolution is coming, though he is not sure when and how. Long-suffering friend Ken is not impressed and nor is Shirley, whom he has been dating for two years but when he gives her a fake crocodile tooth necklace she believes it is his way of proposing to her. Her ex-army father is not pleased by the sound of his daughter's beau.
Wolfie Smith believes the time is right for the citizens of Tooting to rise up against the Tory government though his placid, spiritual friend Ken is not convinced. His zeal is also lost on long time girlfriend Shirley who mistakes the crocodile tooth necklace he gives her for her birthday for a token of their engagement. Her father is not impressed by the sound of his daughter's young man.
After a scary exchange with dodgy local businessman Harry Fenning in the pub, Wolfie finally gets to meet Shirley's parents for dinner. Mum is a delight, not quite with it, calling her daughter's beau Foxy; Dad, on the other hand, makes it clear that Wolfie represents everything he despises, mistakenly offering him dope and spoiling his war story. He challenges him to get a job.
Wolfie and Ken are evicted for the fourth time in a year - nor does it help that the policeman they summon is the son of the landlady to whom they owe rent. They have a place to go but need a stop-gap for a night so Shirley persuades her parents to give them the spare room. However her Dad inadvertently gets rid of the boys' prospective accommodation, making the stay rather more permanent.
When one of Wolfie's 'freedom fighters', Speed, goes to prison Ken becomes smitten with Speed's go-go dancer girlfriend Desiree and agrees to spend a weekend at a hotel in Bury St Edmunds with her. Wolfie sees the chance to get away with Shirley and the quartet head for the hotel, though it turns out that Desiree only wanted a lift to see Speed, whose jail is down the road, and, to make things worse for Wolfie, Shirley's suspicious Dad follows them.
Having only secured six votes at the local by-election - much to Shirley's Dad's amusement - Wolfie decides to make a political statement and kidnap the successful Tory MP, David West. Unfortunately things do not go as planned since initially his wife does not want him back and refuses to pay a ransom and then Wolfie discovers that, instead of his intended victim, he has erroneously kidnapped the local racketeer Harry Fenning, who is not amused.
Declaring Wolfie to be a loser, Shirley returns the necklace and dumps him. On the rebound, Wolfie goes out with the boring but expensive Fiona and in the pub they meet up with Shirley and new boyfriend David. He is handsome, urbane and very wealthy. He is also married as Wolfie finds out and uses in order to win Shirley back again.
Ken is passing the time as a pavement artist and brings home a paving slab with one of his paintings on it. When a well-dressed man in a Rolls-Royce arrives at the house, Wolfie assumes he is a council official, there to complain and launches into a tirade but soon changes his tune when the man turns out to be an art dealer prepared to pay £500 for the slab. Unfortunately Wolfie has put it in the potting shed from where Dad has taken it and broken it up to be part of his crazy paving.
With Christmas coming and both of them penniless, Wolfie gets Ken to pray for some money for them, which seems fulfilled when they notice two of the stamps on the sheet they bought appear to have an imperfection and should be valuable so Dad gives them to stamp expert Uncle Arthur to inspect. Christmas Day comes round with presents going to the wrong - but happy - recipients and a visit from Uncle Arthur, but he does not bring the news everybody wanted.
Bad boy Speed is being released from jail and his girlfriend Desiree has bad news for him, though she fails to tell Wolfie precisely what it is. He assumes she is pregnant by another man and confides in Shirley, but her Dad only overhears part of the conversation and assumes he is to be a grandfather. The bad news is something completely different and Speed and Desiree are happily reunited whilst Dad has mixed feelings when told the truth.
Shirley thinks Dad is being very brave to take Mum on holiday to Spain after he has lost his job as security guard at the factory. Inspired by a visit to Karl Marx's grave, Wolfie and Ken decide to stage a protest, demanding Dad's reinstatement by chaining themselves to the railings outside the works, but by the time they realise he has happily taken voluntary redundancy and has another job, they and the railings are on their way to the smelting yard - in Birmingham.
Speed steals a number of stereos from Charlie's factory and, through Wolfie's brokering, sells them to Harry Fenning. A celebration is in order so Speed steals a car for a night out - Harry's new car. Wolfie and his friends are terrified that Harry will come after them, seeking revenge and are amazed to find that they have unintentionally done him a good turn.
Wolfie is told that he must accept work or else lose his dole money so he reluctantly starts at an electrical goods factory - only to find that Charlie is his boss. Appalled that there is no trade union, he brings the factory out on strike, with the result that all staff must now join a union - including an unenthusiastic Dad. And with Charlie seeking revenge by giving Wolfie the worst jobs, there is only one thing to do - resign! Originally scheduled for broadcast on 22 December 1978, but rescheduled due to industrial action.
Wolfie's old school-mate Rick Holmes, now a successful record producer, returns to Tooting to hold auditions for a new group whom he intends to take back to Los Angeles with him. Wolfie is one of the successful applicants and says his goodbyes. Shirley is heart-broken until Wolfie appears to tell her that he has changed his mind and will not be leaving after all - although the decision was rather forced upon him after revealed Rick turned out not to be all he claimed.
As Shirley and Ken belittle Wolfie's efforts to start a revolt he tells them that he has written letters of support to revolutionaries in other countries and, as a result, receives a visit from Jose Alvarez, leader of the Bilbao Liberation Movement, who promises him soldiers and vehicles. Dad is delighted and sees Jose, whose father is an aristocrat, as a suitable husband for Shirley, but Wolfie is less enchanted when he learns that Jose's father has disowned him and he is seeking funds because his own revolutionary outfit is as pitiful and cash-starved as Wolfie's. Originally scheduled for broadcast on 29 December 1978, its place was taken by "Working Class Hero" due to industrial disputes and it eventually aired the following summer, just over a month before the beginning of Series 3.
When Shirley takes a job in Rimini, Wolfie threatens to throw himself off the roof of the pub.
Wolfie and the gang try to lobby a local council meeting but it all goes wrong and they end up taking over a lift instead.
Ken is shocked when Wolfie decides to turn to crime to get some money for the cause.
Inspector Tofkin asks for help from Wolfie and the Front to get his own back on his cousin Harry Fenning.
When Dad throws Wolfie and Ken out from their home, they sneak back in later as squatters.
Wolfie and the Johnsons get invited to a special party by Wolfie's new girlfriend.
Wolfie and the gang hijack a tank and drive it to Westminster.
After the failure of their coup, Wolfie and the gang are stuck in jail.
Wolfie and the gang are released from prison and notice that Tooting has changed a lot, so Wolfie thinks of a plan to try and change things back to normal.
Wolfie plans to try and disrupt a proposed tour of the UK by a multi-racial rugby team from South Africa.
Wolfie turns up for jury duty and finds out that the trial is for Ronnie Lynch.
When some unexpected visitors call at the house, it looks like everyone will have a night that they won't forget in a hurry.
The Tooting Popular Front hire a private detective to prove that Speed is innocent of the crime that he has been accused of commiting.
Trying to save the town that he loves gets Wolfie in a lot of trouble.
Christmas Special: Ken and Wolfie take a trip over to Italy for the Christmas holidays.
