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Alas Smith and Jones is a comedy TV series that premiered on BBC One on January 31, 1984. It has 10 seasons and 62 episodes so far and has ended. The latest episode, Season 10 Episode 6 "Griff's Accident", aired on October 14, 1998.

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.

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Episodes

62 episodes · 10 seasons

Season 1

1984 · 6 episodes · Last episode: 42 years ago

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  1. E6

    6. SDP

    Finale

    The last of six programmes starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones, with Andrew Francis, Tony Robinson, Brenda Blethyn, Annabel Leventon, Annette Lynton and Hugh Burden. Alas the last Alas... but beware these scholars of history, literature and contemporary comment may well return to enlighten you. Tonight's dissertation is on the Spanish Civil War. Ole.

  2. E5

    5. George Smiley, British Spy

    Join the police on a night siege and probe the soft underbelly of the pop world. Yes, it's another exciting episode in the Smith and Jones 'Guide to Life'. This week: how to become a barbed-wire consultant and solve the enigma of correlation.

  3. E4

    4. Dr. Jekyll

    Witness Margaret Thatcher 's finest hour, sample the exciting qualities of real ale and spend a day with the Great Gobbo in this week's tasteful programme.

  4. E3

    3. Raz Soap Powder

    Guest stars Tony Robinson and Brenda Blethyn. This is your only chance to discover what the Pope really gets up to at home, how the French Resistance resisted and the secret of Roger Moore's success.

  5. E2

    2. Desert

    With Ken Morley, Hugh Thomas and Geoff Capes. The 'right to know' team look into orange juice cartons and discover divorce, pornography, bran and two donkeys.

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    1. Bronstein, Police Chiropodist

    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 · Last episode: 40 years ago

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  1. E6

    6. Lucky George

    Finale

    Conclusion of the series. Not to put too fine a point on it the show starts on a rubbish tip and ends with a fart.

  2. E5

    5. Jailbreak

    Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones bring you the hit entry of this year's Leningrad Television Festival where it won the coveted 'Zinc Daisy of Stalin Award' for the most agriculturally informative comedy show of the year. With Stephen Fry and Robin Driscoll.

  3. E4

    4. West Side Story

    Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones host this special charity edition in aid of those unfortunate millions who have been on the Terry Wogan show. With Stephen Fry, Gwen Taylor and Robin Driscoll.

  4. E3

    3. George Best: An Apology

    Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones bring you the third programme of this 425 part epic science series. This week they ask the question which has baffled millions: "How does James Burke get away with it ?"

  5. E2

    2. Inflatable Cactus

    With Chris Barrie and Robin Driscoll. The critics have hailed this series as, "The most expensive comedy programme since Tender is the Night. Miss the Nine 0 'Clock News to catch it."

  6. E1

    1. An American Armchair In London

    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 · Last episode: 40 years ago

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  1. E6

    6. Mel Gives Birth

    Finale

    Last Smith and Jones for a while. Featuring the definitive opus of Peter Leander Brewis, 'Concerto for string quartet and next-door neighbour', recorded earlier in the year at the Oddfellows Hall, Peckham.

  2. E5

    5. Getting Ready for the Show

    Two men, two minds, two visions... one porpoise.

  3. E4

    4. Football Supporters on a Plane

    More fun and frolics as the whacky duo think it a super wheeze to rehash an old Terry and June script.

  4. E3

    3. Scuba Diver

    With special appearances by Mick Channon, Gary Glitter, Leslie Grantham, Jools Holland, Hazel O'Connor and Janet Street-Porter.

  5. E2

    2. Try Not to Look Like a Badger

    Starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones with Alexandra Dane, Peter Dawson, Robin Driscoll, Nigel Harman, Peter McCarthy , Gareth Milne and Sylvestra Ie Touzel.

  6. E1

    1. Gas Readers

    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 · Last episode: 38 years ago

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  1. E7

    7. Police Surveillance Unit

    Finale

    Last chance to get your complaints in before the series finishes. With Janice Cramer Robin Driscoll Nigel Harman, Peter McCarthy and Garfield Morgan.

  2. E6

    6. Night Network

    Probably the most refreshing and part-reaching comedy show in the world with Kim Clifford.

  3. E5

    5. Trev

    Guest starring Roger Lloyd Pack and Linda Lusardi.

  4. E4

    4. Start the Show off with a Bang

    Nobody could ever accuse Alas Smith and Jones of poor taste. It costs a fortune.

  5. E3

    3. Sunday Film: The Sword of St. Petersburg

    Starring Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. Special guest appearances by Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones.

  6. E2

    2. Impersonations

    The Show They Tried to Ban! ... is not on tonight. They succeeded. So there's this instead. With Tracie Bennett and John Humphrys.

  7. E1

    1. Violence on TV

    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 · Last episode: 36 years ago

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  1. E6

    6. The Unprepared Version

    Finale

    Starring Jane Horrocks, Chris Langham, Rosemary Martin, Andy Taylor, Heather Tobias, Kate Williams. With the final episode of that classic soap Olympus.

  2. E5

    5. The Undiscovered Version

    With Chris Langham, Rosemary Martin and Heather Tobias.

  3. E4

    4. The Untouchable Version

    In Olympus II, Sara Crowe as Aphrodite and Miranda Richardson as Hera.

  4. E3

    3. The Uncut Version

    Mount Olympus - luxurious home of Greece's first family - the Gods. Follow their triumphs and disappointments in the classic soap opera Olympus.

  5. E2

    2. The Untreated Version

    With Chris Langham, Josie Lawrence and Kate Williams.

  6. E1

    1. The New Version

    Starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones with Chris Langham and Heather Tobias.

Season 6

1990 · 7 episodes · Last episode: 35 years ago

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  1. E7

    7. Comics Relief

    Finale

    Last in the series starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. A preview of a new movie about the Welsh mafia, and clairvoyant Doris Cockney.

  2. E6

    6. Hello Wembley

    Tonight's show guarantees no references to Christmas, hangovers, boxing, sleighbells, or the works of Charles Dickens.

  3. E5

    5. Interrupting Des Lynam

    Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat, so hang the decorations and the fairy lights and join Smith and Jones on a trip to funnyland.

  4. E4

    4. Dumping Rubbish in the Berkshire Countryside

    Discover how the pyramids were built. Accompany Sir John Harvey-Jones on his latest troubleshoot. And discover why the drivers of F-registration Montegos should beware the next budget.

  5. E3

    3. Rock Star's House

    A third foray into the funny, farcical and felicitous world of the comical duo whose names begin with the letters 'j' and 's'.

  6. E2

    2. Women's Shower Room

    A second bumper package of humorous skits featuring loveable, chubby Mel Smith and cheeky chappie Griff Rhys Jones.

  7. E1

    1. A Womb with a View

    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 · Last episode: 33 years ago

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  1. E6

    6. I Don't Care

    Finale

    Last in the comedy series starring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. A collection of comic items as the double award-winning duo add to the gaiety of nations.

  2. E5

    5. Griff Can't Find His Car

    The award-winning duo. More fun and frolics from the slightly larger one who comes from London and the slightly thinner one who comes from Wales.

  3. E4

    4. Your Parents Going to be Staying Long ?

    Another fast-moving sequence of sketches, songs and 'head-to-head' problems.

  4. E3

    3. Runaway Bus

    More comedy sketches, musical set-pieces, and a 'head to head' problem that needs to be discussed.

  5. E2

    2. Traffic Warden

    More subjects are given an unexpected twist - plus musical set-pieces.

  6. E1

    1. Water Slide

    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 · Last episode: 31 years ago

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  1. E6

    6. Rough Direction

    Finale

    Last in the series of fast-moving comedy and sharp-edged sketches, from Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. With guests Stratford Johns and Geraldine James.

  2. E5

    5. Tails

    In a programme originally scheduled for 13 September, Dinsdale Landen plays an unintelligible country squire when he joins Mel and Griff. The duo discuss the joys of body piercing and present sketches including a comic look at the law of probability.

  3. E4

    4. Griff has Stage Fright

    More fast-moving comedy and sharp-edged sketches from Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. Including sketches about a visit to a brothel which specialises in correction, a cabinet minister who has trouble with his equipment, and the duo consider adopting children from foreign countries. Tonight's special guest is Lynda Baron.

  4. E3

    3. Missing Link

    Maggie Philbin joins Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones in their new comedy series to launch Thick Aid - a charity helping the stupid to help themselves. Plus, other comic sketches including the problem of ordering food in a Japanese restaurant, and Mel worrying that he is getting too old to, "pull the birds."

  5. E2

    2. Prescription Drugs

    With Jonathan Kydd and Steffanie Pitt.

  6. E1

    1. Bad Microphones

    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 · Last episode: 29 years ago

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  1. E6

    6. Catflap

    Finale

    The last in the current series of comic sketches, characters and head-to-head confrontations with Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. The programme features the sound effects men in charge of Hitler's Nuremberg Rally PA system, a look at life in an inflation-hit South American republic and the resident cabaret musos dispensing more words of wisdom.

  2. E5

    5. Spilled Drink

    This week's programme features a modern slant on the ten commandments, the advent of widescreen TV, and the special effects men at a fertility clinic.

  3. E4

    4. Hookers

    Tonight's show features a spoof of the James Bond films, the return of the cabaret duo, and Jimbo and Timbo the incompetent builders trying to eat a Chinese takeaway.

  4. E3

    3. Massage

    Tonight, Mel thinks he has a resemblance to Tom Cruise, and Mr Green and Mr Brown try to pick up some free wine at the bottle bank.

  5. E2

    2. Morgue

    Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones star in the second of six programmes of new comic sketches, characters and the traditional head-to-head dialogues.

  6. E1

    1. Cookery

    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 · Last episode: 28 years ago

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  1. E6

    6. Griff's Accident

    Finale

    Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones conclude their series of comic sketches with the duo revealing an amazing breakthrough in personal technology. With guest, rock guitarist Brian May.

  2. E5

    5. New TV

    The duo play soldiers with a timekeeping problem, Mel goes to an all-night celebrity party, and there's a head-to-head on the problems of managing an all girl band.

  3. E4

    4. Tie Man of the Year

    This week Griff tries to combat Mel's snoring and the duo unearth a long-lost satire programme of the sixties.

  4. E3

    3. Tanker

    Mel and Griff try to find out if their friend Frank, played by Alun Armstrong, is wearing a toupee.

  5. E2

    2. Flight Simulator

    Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones continue their series of comic sketches. There's a spoof of Alfred Hitchcock 's classic film Rear Window and new dance sensation Conga Britannica.

  6. E1

    1. Alarm Clock

    Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones return for another series of comic sketches, including more head-to-head discussions.

Cast & crew

Created by Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones

  • Adam Wide

    Self

  • Steve Kelly

  • Ruth Arnold

  • Chris Power

  • Carolyn Pickles

    Carolyn Pickles

    Actress

  • John Challis

    John Challis

    Mexican Hotel Receptionist

Alas Smith and Jones FAQ

Will there be new episodes of Alas Smith and Jones?

Alas Smith and Jones has ended, so no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on October 14, 1998.

When did the latest episode of Alas Smith and Jones come out?

The most recent episode of Alas Smith and Jones, Season 10 Episode 6 "Griff's Accident", aired on October 14, 1998.

How many seasons of Alas Smith and Jones are there?

Alas Smith and Jones has 10 seasons with 62 episodes in total.

When did Alas Smith and Jones first air?

Alas Smith and Jones first aired on BBC One on January 31, 1984.

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