Griff Rhys Jones is a Welsh actor and writer. He was born in 1953 in Cardiff gut the family later moved to Essex, England. Educated at Brentwood School in Essex, he won an exhibition to Emmanuel College, Cambridge to read History, transferring later to English. He joined the Footlights Club, becoming its vice president in 1976.
We join Ben a year on as he is getting used to life without his beloved Gran. With the memory of their daring Crown Jewel heist still fresh in his mind, he is stunned to learn another spate of thefts are beginning to occur - with all the clues pointing to The Black Cat, better known to Ben as Granny!
Release Date:2022-12-16
Character:Mr Parker
Vote Count:4
Dylan and Molly get their first mobile phones and immediately they both ring at the same time. When they answer, a Mystery Man (known as Future TX) says he's calling from the future and needs their help. Like, right now. To save the world!
Release Date:2022-10-21
Character:Foley
Vote Count:2
British comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones begins his journey across Canada, the second biggest country on the planet, starting on the Atlantic coast of its Easternmost province
Release Date:2022-04-30
Character:Host
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:2
British comedian Griff Rhys Jones is on an epic journey from the tip to the toe of New Zealand but has set himself a challenge to avoid Highway One and journey the Kiwi roads less travelled.
Release Date:2021-11-19
Episode Count:4
Sara Cox hosts this new book club bringing the nation together through sharing the pleasure of reading. Each edition features a celebrity panel discussing their favourite book and two review sections.
Release Date:2020-10-09
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2
British comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones hops on some of Australia's most impressive long distance trains, travelling across the expansive outback and along spectacular coastlines.
Release Date:2020-01-21
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:6
British comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones is packing his bags, pulling on his hiking boots, and heading out into the wilds to explore New Zealand – from the top of the North Island to the bottom of the South Island.
Release Date:2019-11-10
Character:Self
Episode Count:4
Four different celebrities all aim to impress judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith with their baking skills.
Release Date:2018-03-06
Character:Self - Guest
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:8
A Blackpool coach driver and a tour guide get caught up in a deadly comedic conspiracy when bus passengers begin mysteriously dying one by one.
Release Date:2017-11-11
Character:David Van Der Clane
Vote Count:21
'Genius is a terrible thing'. The life of Caitlin Thomas, the wife of the famous Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.
Release Date:2016-11-11
Character:Dylan Thomas
Comedy panel show about people with the same first name, hosted by Sue Perkins.
Release Date:2016-01-04
Character:Self - Panelist
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2
Griff Rhys Jones explores Africa the unhurried way, as he takes to the continent’s railways to immerse himself in the joy and sometimes the frustration of travelling through a beautiful and beguiling continent, using the most romantic method of transportation. Travelling a total of 7000 miles over five journeys, he explores fascinating landscapes, encounters unforgettable wildlife and meets extraordinary people. Stunning aerial photography combines with observational travelogue to produce a fresh portrait of Africa through Griff’s experiences on and off the train. On each epic trip across five episodes, he discovers how the railway reveals a great deal about the places he travels through. Griff uses the train to get to unexpected places in deserts and forests, villages and cities, learning stories of their past and finding out how they are used today. Griff travels th
Release Date:2015-04-10
Character:Himself - Presenter
Episode Count:5
Vote Count:1
Part quiz, part panel show which celebrates the UK's unique and fascinating museums.
Release Date:2015-03-25
Character:Himself - Presenter
Episode Count:16
Griff Rhys Jones finds out how the National Trust copes with the complexities and conflicts involved in looking after some of the nation's most-loved treasures.
Release Date:2014-11-04
Department:Crew
Job:Presenter
Episode Count:4
An all star cast unite to perform a distinctive BBC Wales Television adaptation of Dylan Thomas's radio play, presented in collaboration with National Theatre Wales, to mark the centenary of Dylan Thomas' birth. The plot reveals the innermost thoughts of the residents of the small, Welsh fishing village Llareggub as it delves into the dreams of various townspeople including blind sailor Captain Cat, who is haunted by visions of drowned shipmates, Mog Edwards and Myfanwy Price, who dream of each other, and Mrs. Ogmore Pritchard, who dreams of her former husbands.
Release Date:2014-06-01
Character:Voice
Vote Count:9
In 1953 Dylan Thomas went to New York for the last time, his marriage a wreck, his drinking out of control. He was on his way to meet Stravinsky and to wallow in New York acclaim - but what was he escaping? How did such a triumph become a requiem? The last days of a great poet.
Release Date:2014-04-30
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:6
Griff Rhys Jones was born in Wales but brought up in Essex - and now the exile is back as he explores the "most beautiful, the most magical and the most remarkable regions of Wales."
Release Date:2014-01-06
Character:Himself
Episode Count:8
A tribute to British comedian Mel Smith, who died in July 2013, aged 60, featuring home video footage, rare archive material and many classic sketches. Far more than a comic actor, Smith also wrote and edited a host of celebrated TV comedies in the 1980s and 90s. He was a theatre and film director, and as a TV producer he was responsible for several innovative comedy series. Friends and colleagues, including Griff Rhys Jones, John Lloyd and Richard Curtis, talk about Smith's talents, both in front of- and behind the camera. The programme also traces his time at Oxford and, before that, Latymer Upper School, where Smith's talents were first spotted.
Release Date:2013-12-24
Character:Self
Vote Count:2
Suzannah Lipscomb reveals the killers that lurked in every room of the home.
Release Date:2013-12-10
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Episode Count:1
Apart from a few fragmentary stories, Griff Rhys Jones's father never talked about his war. Yet as a medical officer to a West African division he travelled 15,000 miles from Wales to Ghana and the jungles of Burma. He and his men were part of an army of a million raised in Africa and Asia to fight the Japanese. To understand their story Griff travels first to Ghana and then, accompanied by 90-year-old veteran Joshua, he goes to jungles of Burma. It is known as the forgotten war, but Griff discovers how it transformed these West Africans from children of the British Empire into masters of their own destiny.
Release Date:2013-07-07
Character:Himself
Documentary about the rise and fall and rise again of the legendary John Otway.
Release Date:2013-06-30
Character:Self (archive footage)
Vote Count:2
Griff Rhys Jones hosts a comedy panel show providing alternative perspectives of our past.
Release Date:2012-06-13
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:
Episode Count:4
Griff Rhys Jones retraces some famous routes across the UK.
Release Date:2012-05-31
Character:Presenter
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:1
Various actors, presenters, directors and other staff who have worked at the iconic BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in London reminisce about their time there.
Release Date:2012-05-17
Character:Self
Vote Count:1
Terry Wogan looks at the life and work of the writer P.G. Wodehouse, including interviews from rarely seen archive footage.
Release Date:2011-09-02
Character:Self
Powerful stories and a unique insight into the arts from a range of well-known figures.
Release Date:2011-04-24
Episode Count:1
A look behind the scenes of satirical sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock News.
Release Date:2009-12-28
Character:Self
Vote Count:1
Actor and comedian Griff Rhys Jones sets out on an adventure to explore how rivers have influenced, nurtured and powered our lives throughout history.
Release Date:2009-07-26
Character:Self - Presenter
Episode Count:5
In their third trip, the trio attempt to get from Plymouth to the Isles of Scilly using several boats.
Release Date:2009-01-01
Character:Himself
Release Date:2008-10-08
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:
Episode Count:6
Griff Rhys Jones takes a startlingly honest look at anger in himself and others
Release Date:2008-09-23
Character:Himself - Presenter
Episode Count:2
Griff Rhys Jones, Dara O'Briain and Rory McGrath reunite for a follow-up journey, this time on board Griff's classic yacht. The trio endeavor to sail from Tower Bridge to the Isle of Wight, followed by participation in a yacht race, with Griff teaching Dara and Rory how to sail.
Release Date:2008-01-01
Character:Himself
Vote Count:2
Griff Rhys Jones reveals how Dickens created the idea of a traditional family Christmas through one of his best-known books, A Christmas Carol.
Release Date:2007-12-23
Character:Himself - Presenter
Vote Count:1
Mountain is a British television series written and presented by Griff Rhys Jones that was originally broadcast 29 July–26 August 2007 on BBC One. The five programmes follow Rhys Jones as he traverses the mountains of Great Britain, from Wales to the Northern Highlands of Scotland. He also looks at the effect mountains have on the people who live near them, and vice versa. The series is an IWC Media production for BBC Scotland. Part of themed season by the BBC entitled 'Ultimate Outdoors', Mountain was produced by Ian MacMillan; the executive producers were Richard Klein and Andrea Miller, and Hamish Barbour. The music was composed by Malcolm Lindsay.
Release Date:2007-07-29
Department:Creator
Job:Creator
Character:
Episode Count:[ 5 ]
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Release Date:2007-06-16
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:107
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.
Release Date:2006-08-14
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:25
Release Date:2006-04-21
Episode Count:6
Attention, comedy fans: NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS is the real thing. This is scathing, no-holds-barred Brit humor at its best. Rapid-fire skits starring Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) are as politically incorrect as they are side-bustingly funny, sparing no one as they take on the British Royal Family, Margaret Thatcher, Scotland Yard, country music, Christianity, devil worship, punk rock and bathroom etiquette. NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS is so irreverent that when the pilot was due to air in April 1979, the BBC cancelled it due to its incendiary political content. When at last it aired, the greatest comedy group to hit England since Monty Python's Flying Circus stormed the airwaves and revolutionized British and American television alike. Discover the show that set the standard for the anarchic cynicism that defined the alternative comedy of the 80's.
Release Date:2006-02-28
Vote Count:4
Griff Rhys Jones, Rory McGrath, Dara O'Briain and Loli the dog set out from Kingston to Oxford across the Thames in a wooden skiff, attempting to re-trace the journey of Jerome K. Jerome in his classic 1889 book "Three Men in a Boat" and having some adventures of their own along the way, including entering a race after rowing into the middle of the Wallingford Regatta.
Release Date:2006-01-03
Character:Himself
Vote Count:3
Three Men in a Boat is a television comedy/documentary series produced by Liberty Bell Productions for BBC Two starring Dara Ó Briain, Rory McGrath and Griff Rhys Jones, first shown on 3 January 2006. In this first rendition, the three participants rowed in a replica wooden skiff from Kingston upon Thames to Oxford. The BBC subsequently commissioned and aired Three Men in Another Boat, Three Men in More Than One Boat, Three Men go to Ireland, Three Men go to Scotland; Three Men go to Venice, and Three Men go to New England, broadcast in 2008, 2009, 2009/2010, 2010 and 2011 respectively. Every series, bar the first, has featured the music from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. In late October 2011, a production team was shooting in Provincetown, Massachusetts, America's oldest art colony, at the tip of Cape Cod.
Release Date:2006-01-03
Character:Self
Episode Count:14
Vote Count:1
In the spring of 1913, Parisian businessman Gabriel Astruc opens a new theater on the Champs Elysées. The first performance is the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring', danced by the Ballet Russes. The rehearsal process is extremely fraught: the orchestra dislike Stravinsky's harsh, atonal music; the dancers dislike the 'ugly' choreography of Vaslav Nijinsky. The volatile, bisexual Nijinsky is in a strained relationship with the much older Sergei Diaghilev, the Ballet Russes' charismatic but manipulative impresario. Public expectation is extremely high after Nijinsky's success in 'L'apres-midi d'un faune'. Finally, 'The Rite of Spring' premieres to a gossip-loving, febrile, fashion-conscious Parisian audience sharply divided as to its merits.
Release Date:2005-10-18
Character:Astruc
Vote Count:1
To generations Arthur Ransome's books, including Swallows and Amazons, were an integral part of growing up. But was there a darker side to the author? In this drama-documentary, the enthusiastic Griff Rhys Jones follows a trail that begins in Russia, reveals close links with many leading Bolsheviks, an affair with Trotsky's secretary and previously unreleased KGB documents about Ransome. But was Ransome actually spying for the British secret service all along?
Release Date:2005-09-17
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:Self / Presenter
Sky One introduces the start of a new ongoing documentary series that highlights the potential extinction of some of the world's most famous species. Working with Tiger Aspect Productions, the series follows a team of experts assisted by a wellknown personality. Each documentary will highlight the plight of the world's most endangered animals including the tigers of India, Aye-Ayes and Gorillas. Presenters include Sanjeev Bhaskar, Bill Bailey, Miranda Richardson and Joe Simpson. Each of the presenters will draw on the expertise of local teams campaigning to save the endangered species and work with conservationists to develop and implement strategies to help in their fight for survival.
Release Date:2005-09-03
Character:Himself
Episode Count:1
8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4. It was first broadcast on 3 June 2005. The show is based on statistics and opinion polls, and draws on polls produced by a variety of organizations and new polls commissioned for the programme, carried out by company Harris Poll. The show's title is derived from a well-known advertising tagline for Whiskas cat food, which originally claimed that "8 out of 10 cats prefer Whiskas".
Release Date:2005-06-03
Character:Self
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:40
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.
Release Date:2004-12-12
Character:Dr David Quimper
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:122
Mine All Mine is a British television series produced by Red Production Company for ITV. It was written by Russell T Davies and starred Griff Rhys Jones. The story takes place in Swansea, Wales.
Release Date:2004-11-25
Episode Count:5
Vote Count:1
A British genealogy documentary series in which celebrities trace their ancestry, discovering secrets and surprises from their past.
Release Date:2004-10-12
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:23
Restoration, Restoration, Restoration is a set of BBC television series where viewers decided on which listed building that was in immediate need of remedial works was to win a grant from Heritage Lottery Fund. It first aired in 2003. The host of all 3 series is Griff Rhys Jones, whilst investigating each building in the heats are the show's resident "ruin detectives", Marianne Suhr and Ptolemy Dean.
Release Date:2003-08-08
Episode Count:21
The Terry and Gaby Show was a daytime television show broadcast on Five on weekday mornings between June 2003 and April 2004, produced by Chris Evans' company UMTV. It was hosted by Terry Wogan and Gaby Roslin. The opening titles featured Gaby dressed up like a movie star driven to the studio in a limo and walking on red carpet to the door. Meanwhile Terry, carrying a briefcase, rode a rickety old bicycle across London and parked it outside the back door before quietly entering the building through said back door. The show was not well known for the guests who appeared on it, but rather for its many bloopers or double entendres
Release Date:2003-06-02
Episode Count:1
Documentary series which ranges widely over Britain's social and cultural history, its narrative-led storytelling offering a richly immersive and varied window onto the past.
Release Date:2002-10-10
Character:Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:4
Not quite a religious film, not quite a coming-of-age story, not quite a kiddie flick, and not quite a supernatural horror movie, Taliesin Jones's identity crisis nonetheless reveals a sweet examination of one child and his thoughts on God.
Release Date:2002-02-01
Character:Caesar
Vote Count:9
Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.
Release Date:2002-01-01
Character:Col. Stokes
Vote Count:6
Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.
Release Date:2001-11-02
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:25
A televised pantomime of Aladdin with characters played by well-known celebrities.
Release Date:2000-12-25
Character:Emperor
Vote Count:1
A televised pantomime of Jack and the Beanstalk featuring various celebrities.
Release Date:1998-12-25
Character:Baron Wasteland
Vote Count:2
If I Ruled the World is a BBC comedy panel show parodying politics and politicians. Hosted by Clive Anderson, with team captains, Graham Garden and Jeremy Hardy. Guests included Mark Steel, Rebecca Front, Tony Hawks, Andy Hamilton and Doon MacKichan.
Release Date:1998-02-27
Character:Himself
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:3
The Cobblers Arms have been the best and most feared Amateur Rugby League team for the past ten years. Ex-pro Arthur bets their boss that he could train a bunch of deadbeats to defeat them in a local rugby sevens tournament. But to do so he must first get them into shape with the help of the very attractive Hazel Scott.
Release Date:1998-01-23
Character:Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
Vote Count:14
Michael Parkinson returns for a second run of his iconic talk show.
Release Date:1998-01-09
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Working from his home in a converted windmill, Jonathan Creek is a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles. He soon puts this ability to the use of solving impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
Release Date:1997-05-09
Character:Jeremy Sangster
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:61
The peacefulness of the Midsomer community is shattered by violent crimes, suspects are placed under suspicion, and it is up to a veteran DCI and his young sergeant to calmly and diligently eliminate the innocent and ruthlessly pursue the guilty.
Release Date:1997-03-23
Character:Ambrose Deddington
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:308
One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you the adventures on which he learns valuable lessons.
Release Date:1996-07-26
Character:Tino
Vote Count:228
Smith and Jones debate on an awe inspiring range of themes from Devon to death, self assembly furniture to the summer of love and aids to anal retention.
Release Date:1994-10-03
Vote Count:2
Very much in love, Neil's wedding plans are sabotaged, beginning when he is abandoned, naked, on a Scottish island. A road trip ensues, with Neil encountering many obstacles as he makes his way to London for what he believes is to be his wedding day. Or is it?
Release Date:1994-07-08
Character:Graham
Vote Count:12
Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.
Release Date:1993-12-27
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:21
Demob was a short-lived British comedy-drama television series, which screened for one six-episode series in 1993 on ITV. The series was set in the late 1940s and early 1950s, and starred Martin Clunes and Griff Rhys Jones as two ex-army friends who decide to try to form an entertainment act, with the aim of getting work on BBC radio. The series also starred Samantha Womack, Amanda Redman and Les Dawson.
Release Date:1993-10-15
Character:Ian Deasey
Episode Count:6
Hiding out in an industrial wasteland from the murderous wrath of a regional ruler, a woman, disguised as a boy, gives wooing lessons to the edgy lad who proclaims he loves her.
Release Date:1992-10-09
Character:Touchstone
Vote Count:2
Funnybones was a Welsh children's television series that was first aired in Welsh on S4C and in English on the BBC in 1992. It was based on the eponymous series of books by Janet and Allan Ahlberg which were illustrated by Andre Amstutz and focused on the adventures of a family of skeletons, sometimes known as the Funnybones. There was Big Funnybone, Little Funnybone, and Dog Funnybone. Each episode was 5 minutes in length. The voices were provided by popular comedian Griff Rhys Jones who also plays Moon Man, who serves as the narrator in the TV series.
Release Date:1992-09-29
Episode Count:12
Vote Count:3
TV adaption of a popular series of Children’s books about two friendly skeletons and their pet skeletal dog.
Release Date:1992-09-29
Character:(voice)
Episode Count:12
In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th Anniversary live at Radio City Music Hall.
Release Date:1991-12-28
Character:Self
Vote Count:1
Griff Rhys Jones stars as a writer on a popular television soap opera who falls in love with the show's leading lady but finds himself unable to break his ties with his ex-wife and their children.
Release Date:1991-09-29
Character:Patrick
Hilarious, totally-irreverent, near-slanderous political quiz show, based mainly on news stories from the last week or so, that leaves no party, personality or action unscathed in pursuit of laughs.
Release Date:1990-09-28
Character:Himself
Episode Count:3
Vote Count:65
Singer, actress, dancer, comedienne: these are just some of the words the popular American comic can spell. Rita Rudner's first British series features stand-up comedy, sketches and songs.
Release Date:1990-09-18
Episode Count:1
Henry Wilt is a more or less failed teacher who fantasizes about murdering his dominant, non-attentive wife Eva. At a party who gets stuck in an inflatable doll and makes a complete fool of himself. Eventually, he dumps the doll in a hole at a building site. However, he has been witnessed getting rid of the doll and when his wife disappears on the night after the party, the police and Inspector Flint have strong suspicions on Mr Wilt.
Release Date:1989-05-12
Character:Henry Wilt
Vote Count:30
Harry Clark is a social worker on the verge of cracking up. His job is to help other people: who is there to help him?
Release Date:1989-03-21
Character:Harry Clark
An un-scripted comedy show in which four guest performers improvise their way through a series of games, many of which rely on audience suggestions.
Release Date:1988-09-23
Character:Himself
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:62
Release Date:1988-02-05
Vote Count:2
A normal teenager is transported to a Monty Pythonesque medieval fantasy land where an odd, adamant knight takes him on a quest.
Release Date:1988-01-01
Character:Innkeeper
Vote Count:1
Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jone star in festive special about a family with a video camera. Christmas usually means a little over-indulgence, but to the Aldershot family it is an orgy of hitherto uncharted proportions.
Release Date:1987-12-23
Character:Dad
Vote Count:1
Cambridge, Great Britain, 1980s. When the headmaster of Porterhouse College dies without naming a successor, the government appoints a former graduate whose ideas clash with the extreme conservatism that reigns at the institution.
Release Date:1987-06-03
Character:Cornelius Carrington
Episode Count:4
Vote Count:12
Release Date:1987-01-11
Episode Count:12
A short film staring British comedians Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones that seeks to update the Santa Claus myth. Made for the Finnish tourist board
Release Date:1987-01-01
Character:Reporter
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
Release Date:1986-09-06
Character:Paul Fuller
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:80
A Group of Britain's top comedy and music performers gather at a London Theater, to give their support to the Oncology Club Fund. The Fund is a charitable organization which provides training for young doctors in the practical day to day care of patients with cancer.
Release Date:1986-02-01
Character:Self
Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"
Release Date:1985-07-13
Character:Self
Vote Count:49
The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian. During a particularly tedious period of their stay at the station, the other three begin playing with the ship’s controls while Bernard is outside playing spaceball. They accidentally disconnect his part of the ship, leaving him stranded while they crash into a large blue planet close by...
Release Date:1985-03-29
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:Graham Sweetley
Vote Count:42
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.
Release Date:1984-01-31
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:
Episode Count:62
Vote Count:16
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
Release Date:1982-11-09
Character:Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:131
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.
Release Date:1982-05-04
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:6
Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the spin-off movie, TV special and record albums – Cleese, Lewis and Walker planned the next show to be a more spectacular event. Cleese focused on broadening the comedic talent to be presented at the show. In addition to the Amnesty show stalwarts drawn from the Oxbridge/Monty Python/Beyond The Fringe orbit, he invited newcomers such as Rowan Atkinson’s colleagues from the BBC TV show Not the Nine O'Clock News including Pamela Stephenson and Griff Rhys Jones; comedian Victoria Wood and regional comic Jasper Carrott. Lewis secured a return appearance by Billy Connolly and a debut appearance by "alternative" comedian Alexei Sayle who Lewis had recently discovered and was managing. Building on the success of Pete Townshend's 1979 appearance Lewis recruited other rock musicians to perform at the 1981 show including Sting, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Donovan and Bob Geldof.
Release Date:1982-03-01
Character:Self - Various Roles
Vote Count:4
Classic sketch comedy show satirising the news and culture of the late 70s and early 80s which introduced Rowan Atkinson, Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones and Pamela Stephenson.
Release Date:1979-10-16
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:
Episode Count:7
Vote Count:24
This topical debate series based on Any Questions? typically features politicians from at least the three major political parties as well as other public figures who answer pre-selected questions put to them by a carefully selected audience.
Release Date:1979-09-25
Character:Self - Panellist
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:12
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.
Release Date:1978-01-08
Character:Self
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:3
It'll Be Alright On The Night is a British television bloopers show screened on ITV and produced by London Weekend Television. It was one of the first shows created with the specific purpose of showing behind the scenes bloopers from film and TV and has been running since 18 September 1977. Denis Norden was the host until 2006, followed by Griff Rhys Jones from 2008 to 2016, with David Walliams taking over in 2018.
Release Date:1977-09-18
Episode Count:61
Vote Count:3
A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human rights organisation Amnesty International. The shows started in 1976 featuring popular British comedians but later included leading musicians and actors. The Secret Policeman's Ball shows are credited by many prominent entertainers with having galvanised them to become involved with Amnesty and other social and political causes in succeeding years.
Release Date:1976-04-01
Character:Self
Episode Count:15
Vote Count:1
BAFTA presents awards for film, television and games, including children's entertainment, at a number of annual ceremonies across the UK and in Los Angeles, USA.
Release Date:1949-05-29
Character:Host
Episode Count:1
Vote Count:2