Griff Rhys Jones
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
| - | Comedian who started out as a radio producer before rising to fame in the sketch show ''Not the Nine o'Clock News'' and | + | Comedian who started out as a radio producer before rising to fame in the sketch show ''Not the Nine o'Clock News'' and forming a successful partnership with co-star Mel Smith. He's also acted on stage and screen, and presented all manner of history programmes and travelogues. |
He and Smith also founded the production company [[:Category:Talkback Productions|Talkback]] and continued to be involved with it until 2000. | He and Smith also founded the production company [[:Category:Talkback Productions|Talkback]] and continued to be involved with it until 2000. | ||
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== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||
| - | He appeared in ''The Young Ones''<nowiki>'</nowiki> | + | He appeared in ''The Young Ones''<nowiki>'</nowiki> spoof of [[University Challenge]] as a really-not-at-all-veiled imitation of [[Bamber Gascoigne]]. |
== Web links == | == Web links == | ||
Current revision as of 12:15, 24 August 2022
Contents |
Shows
Brain of Britain (producer)
Mastermind (charity special)
A Short History of Everything Else
Top of the Form (producer)
Biography
Comedian who started out as a radio producer before rising to fame in the sketch show Not the Nine o'Clock News and forming a successful partnership with co-star Mel Smith. He's also acted on stage and screen, and presented all manner of history programmes and travelogues.
He and Smith also founded the production company Talkback and continued to be involved with it until 2000.
Trivia
He appeared in The Young Ones' spoof of University Challenge as a really-not-at-all-veiled imitation of Bamber Gascoigne.
