By Citizen Smith will not be returning to our screens, despite actor Robert Lindsay hyping up a possible comeback for Wolfie.
Lindsay told The Independent that the rise of Jeremy Corbyn to hot favourite to lead the Labour Party had inspired talk of a reboot.
However, the family of the show's creator John Sullivan have rejected any plans to bring back the hit BBC sitcom.
"These stories are news to us - and we own the rights to the series," said Jim Sullivan of Shazam Productions.
"It's not the first time that people have suggested bringing the series back but that is not something we would want to do.
"Every episode of Citizen Smith was written by Dad - all the lines, ideas and plots were his.
"As we have said about Only Fools and Horses, the show only ever had one writer and it is going to stay that way."
Lindsay, who played young Marxist 'Wolfie' Smith in the BBC show from 1977 to 1980, had suggested that the rise of Corbyn could mean a return for Tooting's freedom fighter.
"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," Lindsay said.
"I think that's a fantastic idea. There are moves afoot in the industry to bring Citizen Smith back with some respected figures that I very much admire."
He added: "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.
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"The word 'sitcom' becomes such a dirty word. The press say, 'Oh, It's only a sitcom'. It's not, it's bloody hard to make it work."
Lindsay said of Corbyn, who is tipped to become Labour leader when the result is announced this weekend: "I don't think Corbyn is a laughing stock at all.
"I think he's an extremely wonderful politician and I think he's going to run the Labour Party and take the Labour Party back to what it should be."
Last year, Lindsay completely ruled out a comeback for hit sitcom My Family.
The actor played patriarch Ben Harper for 11 series and several Christmas episodes between 2000 and the show's end in 2011.
