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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.

Genre:Comedy

Lowest Rated Episodes Summary

The worst episode of "Alas Smith and Jones" is "Police Surveillance Unit", rated N/A/10 from 0 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Police Surveillance Unit" aired on 11/26/1987 and is rated NaN point(s) lower than the second lowest rated, "Hello Wembley".

  • Police Surveillance Unit
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    #1 - Police Surveillance Unit

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/26/1987

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hello Wembley
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    #2 - Hello Wembley

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 12/26/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Your Parents Going to be Staying Long ?
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    #3 - Your Parents Going to be Staying Long ?

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/1992

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

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  • Griff Can't Find His Car
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    #4 - Griff Can't Find His Car

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 11/26/1992

    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.

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  • I Don't Care
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #5 - I Don't Care

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 12/3/1992

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Flight Simulator
    6.7/10 11 votes

    #6 - Flight Simulator

    Season 10 Episode 2 - Aired 9/16/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • George Smiley, British Spy
    6.8/10 11 votes

    #7 - George Smiley, British Spy

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/28/1984

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dr. Jekyll
    7.0/10 13 votes

    #8 - Dr. Jekyll

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/21/1984

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dumping Rubbish in the Berkshire Countryside
    7.0/10 12 votes

    #9 - Dumping Rubbish in the Berkshire Countryside

    Season 6 Episode 4 - Aired 12/13/1990

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • SDP
    7.1/10 14 votes

    #10 - SDP

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/6/1984

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Untreated Version
    7.1/10 10 votes

    #11 - The Untreated Version

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 11/23/1989

    With Chris Langham, Josie Lawrence and Kate Williams.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Griff's Accident
    7.1/10 12 votes

    #12 - Griff's Accident

    Season 10 Episode 6 - Aired 10/14/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Cookery
    7.4/10 10 votes

    #13 - Cookery

    Season 9 Episode 1 - Aired 6/19/1997

    Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones return with six new programmes of comic sketches, characters and the traditional head-to-head chats.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Massage
    7.4/10 10 votes

    #14 - Massage

    Season 9 Episode 3 - Aired 7/3/1997

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tie Man of the Year
    7.4/10 10 votes

    #15 - Tie Man of the Year

    Season 10 Episode 4 - Aired 9/30/1998

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • New TV
    7.4/10 10 votes

    #16 - New TV

    Season 10 Episode 5 - Aired 10/7/1998

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Untouchable Version
    7.5/10 12 votes

    #17 - The Untouchable Version

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 12/14/1989

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

    Director: N/A

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  • Prescription Drugs
    7.5/10 11 votes

    #18 - Prescription Drugs

    Season 8 Episode 2 - Aired 9/13/1995

    With Jonathan Kydd and Steffanie Pitt.

    Director: N/A

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  • Missing Link
    7.5/10 9 votes

    #19 - Missing Link

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 9/20/1995

    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."

    Director: N/A

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  • Griff has Stage Fright
    7.5/10 9 votes

    #20 - Griff has Stage Fright

    Season 8 Episode 4 - Aired 9/27/1995

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Tanker
    7.5/10 10 votes

    #21 - Tanker

    Season 10 Episode 3 - Aired 9/23/1998

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Impersonations
    7.6/10 11 votes

    #22 - Impersonations

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 10/22/1987

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Women's Shower Room
    7.6/10 10 votes

    #23 - Women's Shower Room

    Season 6 Episode 2 - Aired 11/29/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rock Star's House
    7.6/10 10 votes

    #24 - Rock Star's House

    Season 6 Episode 3 - Aired 12/6/1990

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Comics Relief
    7.6/10 11 votes

    #25 - Comics Relief

    Season 6 Episode 7 - Aired 1/3/1991

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A