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Season 1

  • S01E01 Bronstein - Police Chiropodist

    • January 31, 1984
    • BBC

    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.

  • S01E02 Desert

    • February 7, 1984
    • BBC

    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.

  • S01E03 Raz Soap Powder

    • February 14, 1984
    • BBC

    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.

  • S01E04 Dr. Jekyll

    • February 21, 1984
    • BBC

    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.

  • S01E05 George Smiley, British Spy

    • February 28, 1984
    • BBC

    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.

  • S01E06 SDP

    • March 6, 1984
    • BBC

    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.

Season 2

  • S02E01 An American Armchair In London

    • October 31, 1985
    • BBC

    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.

  • S02E02 Inflatable Cactus

    • November 7, 1985
    • BBC

    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."

  • S02E03 George Best: An Apology

    • November 14, 1985
    • BBC

    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 ?"

  • S02E04 West Side Story

    • November 21, 1985
    • BBC

    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.

  • S02E05 Jailbreak

    • November 28, 1985
    • BBC

    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.

  • S02E06 Lucky George

    • December 5, 1985
    • BBC

    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.

Season 3

  • S03E01 Gas Readers

    • September 18, 1986
    • BBC

    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.

  • S03E02 Try Not to Look Like a Badger

    • September 25, 1986
    • BBC

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

  • S03E03 Scuba Diver

    • October 2, 1986
    • BBC

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

  • S03E04 Football Supporters On A Plane

    • October 9, 1986
    • BBC

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

  • S03E05 Getting Ready For The Show

    • October 16, 1986
    • BBC

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

  • S03E06 Mel Gives Birth

    • October 23, 1986
    • BBC

    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.

Season 4

  • S04E01 Violence on TV

    • October 15, 1987
    • BBC

    They're back to back, head to head and side by side, but fortunately not on top of each other.

  • S04E02 Impersonations

    • October 22, 1987
    • BBC

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

  • S04E03 Sunday Film: The Sword of St. Petersburg

    • October 29, 1987
    • BBC

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

  • S04E04 Start the Show off with a Bang

    • November 5, 1987
    • BBC

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

  • S04E05 Trev

    • November 12, 1987
    • BBC

    Guest starring Roger Lloyd Pack and Linda Lusardi.

  • S04E06 Night Network

    • November 19, 1987
    • BBC

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

  • S04E07 Police Surveillance Unit

    • November 26, 1987
    • BBC

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

Season 5

  • S05E01 The New Version

    • November 16, 1989
    • BBC

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

  • S05E02 The Untreated Version

    • November 23, 1989
    • BBC

    With Chris Langham, Josie Lawrence and Kate Williams.

  • S05E03 The Uncut Version

    • November 30, 1989
    • BBC

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

  • S05E04 The Untouchable Version

    • December 14, 1989
    • BBC

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

  • S05E05 The Undiscovered Version

    • December 21, 1989
    • BBC

    With Chris Langham, Rosemary Martin and Heather Tobias.

  • S05E06 The Unprepared Version

    • December 28, 1989
    • BBC

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

Season 6

  • S06E01 A Womb with a View

    • November 22, 1990
    • BBC

    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.

  • S06E02 Women's Shower Room

    • November 29, 1990
    • BBC

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

  • S06E03 Rock Star's House

    • December 6, 1990
    • BBC

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

  • S06E04 Dumping Rubbish in the Berkshire Countryside

    • December 13, 1990
    • BBC

    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.

  • S06E05 Interrupting Des Lynam

    • December 20, 1990
    • BBC

    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.

  • S06E06 Hello Wembley

    • December 26, 1990
    • BBC

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

  • S06E07 Comics Relief

    • January 3, 1991
    • BBC

    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.

Season 7

  • S07E01 Water Slide

    • October 22, 1992
    • BBC

    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'.

  • S07E02 Traffic Warden

    • October 29, 1992
    • BBC

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

  • S07E03 Runaway Bus

    • November 5, 1992
    • BBC

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

  • S07E04 Your Parents Going to be Staying Long ?

    • November 19, 1992
    • BBC

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

  • S07E05 Griff Can't Find His Car

    • November 26, 1992
    • BBC

    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.

  • S07E06 I Don't Care

    • December 3, 1992
    • BBC

    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.

Season 8

  • S08E01 Bad Microphones

    • September 6, 1995
    • BBC

    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.

  • S08E02 Prescription Drugs

    • September 13, 1995
    • BBC

    With Jonathan Kydd and Steffanie Pitt.

  • S08E03 Missing Link

    • September 20, 1995
    • BBC

    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."

  • S08E04 Griff has Stage Fright

    • September 27, 1995
    • BBC

    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.

  • S08E05 Tails

    • October 4, 1995
    • BBC

    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.

  • S08E06 Rough Direction

    • October 18, 1995
    • BBC

    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.

Season 9

  • S09E01 Cookery

    • June 19, 1997
    • BBC

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

  • S09E02 Morgue

    • June 26, 1997
    • BBC

    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.

  • S09E03 Massage

    • July 3, 1997
    • BBC

    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.

  • S09E04 Hookers

    • July 10, 1997
    • BBC

    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.

  • S09E05 Spilled Drink

    • July 17, 1997
    • BBC

    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.

  • S09E06 Catflap

    • July 24, 1997
    • BBC

    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.

Season 10

  • S10E01 Alarm Clock

    • September 9, 1998
    • BBC

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

  • S10E02 Flight Simulator

    • September 16, 1998
    • BBC

    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.

  • S10E03 Tanker

    • September 23, 1998
    • BBC

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

  • S10E04 Tie Man of the Year

    • September 30, 1998
    • BBC

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

  • S10E05 New TV

    • October 7, 1998
    • BBC

    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.

  • S10E06 Griff's Accident

    • October 14, 1998
    • BBC

    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.

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