Alas Smith and Jones

*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 as	Smith and Jones
Genre	Sketch comedy
Starring	Mel Smith; Griff Rhys Jones; Chris Langham; Rowan Atkinson (Episode 1, Season 1 and Episode 4, Season 10) (Guest);
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	10
No. of episodes	62
Production
Running time	30 minutes; per normal episode;
Production companies	BBC; TalkBack;
Original release
Network	BBC2 (1984–88); BBC1 (1989–1998);
Release	31 January 1984 –; 14 October 1998
Related
	Not the Nine O'Clock News

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.

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