Alas Smith and Jones

Alas Smith and Jones

1984
★★★★☆ 7.2/10
📺 10 Seasons
🎬 62 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 30 min/episode
Comedy
A British comedy sketch television series featuring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones that ran on BBC One and BBC Two from 31 January 1984 to 14 October 1998. From series 5 in 1989 the 'Alas' title was dropped and became simply Smith and Jones.

Seasons

Season 1
1984 • 6 Episodes
The first of six programmes starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones with Annabel Leventon, Annette Lynton, Shane Rimmer. Andrew Francis, Raymond Mason and a special guest appearance by Nicholas Ball. A hard-hitting exposé of sperm banks, Samurai accountants and chiropody, all done with impeccable taste and integrity.
Season 2
1985 • 6 Episodes
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones begin their side-splitting six week series with a show that has everything: comedy, music and a nasty skin complaint.
Season 3
1986 • 6 Episodes
A bad year on the horses and a worse one on the property market means that BBC2 is proud and extremely lucky to present The New Series.
Season 4
1987 • 7 Episodes
They're back to back, head to head and side by side, but fortunately not on top of each other.
Season 5
1989 • 6 Episodes
Starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones with Chris Langham and Heather Tobias.
Season 6
1990 • 7 Episodes
The boys are back. Head to head, back to front and upside down. For new viewers, Smith is the slightly larger one and Jones is slightly Welsh.
Season 7
1992 • 6 Episodes
Return of the British Comedy Award-winning series starring Mel Smith Griff Rhys Jones. Among the subjects promised in this new series are endangered species, courtship in the 50s, dustcart trophies, traffic wardens, political speeches, the postal system and street vendors - and of course a weekly 'head to head'.
Season 8
1995 • 6 Episodes
The long-time collaboration between Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones continues as they return with a six part comedy series full of observational humour, man-to-man duologues and hard-hitting lunacy.
Season 9
1997 • 6 Episodes
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones return with six new programmes of comic sketches, characters and the traditional head-to-head chats.
Season 10
1998 • 6 Episodes
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones return for another series of comic sketches, including more head-to-head discussions.

Crew

Writer
Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Chris Lang
Producer
Jon Plowman

Network

BBC One, BBC Two

Keywords

sketch comedydouble act