Alas Smith and Jones

Alas Smith and Jones
Title card from 1995–1998, with Mel Smith on the left and Griff Rhys Jones on the right.
Also known asSmith and Jones
GenreSketch comedy
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series10
No. of episodes62
Production
Running time
  • 30 minutes
  • per normal episode
Production companies
Original release
Network
Release31 January 1984 (1984-01-31) –
14 October 1998 (1998-10-14)
Related
Not the Nine O'Clock News
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Alas Smith and Jones is a British comedy sketch television series starring comedy duo and namesake Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones that originally ran for four series and two Christmas specials on BBC2 from 1984 to 1988, and later as Smith and Jones for six series on BBC1 until 1998. A spin-off from Not the Nine O'Clock News, the show also had a brief run in the United States on A&E and PBS in the late 1980s, as well as on CBS in the early 1990s during their late-night block.