Griff Rhys Jones
- 70 years old
- Welsh
- Actor, executive, comedian and writer
Press clippings
Griff Rhys Jones pays tribute to Mel Smith on the 10th anniversary of his death
I was genuinely startled last week when an old friend rang me out of the blue to say it was now ten years since Mel Smith died. I don't mean I was surprised he got in touch. He didn't want me to go and lay a wreath or anything. I just couldn't believe that it was ten whole years since July 2013, on a day just like this, a bit overcast with wood pigeons practising their school recorder scales outside, when I noticed my wife Jo had dropped her voice in the room next door and was saying things like, "oh, I'm so sorry to hear that..." and "if there is anything we can do...".
Griff Rhys Jones, Daily Mail, 29th July 2023Edinburgh Festival Fringe: 26 photos looking back at the Fringe in the 1980s
So many memories from August in Edinburgh in the 1980s.
Kevin Quinn, Edinburgh Evening News, 23rd July 2023Griff Rhys Jones reflects on a life in comedy
Oddly perhaps, the solo stand-up route is a relatively new one for him.
Phil Hewitt, Sussex Express, 1st June 2023Griff Rhys Jones to tour stand-up show The Cat's Pyjamas
Griff Rhys Jones is to tour The Cat's Pyjamas, his new stand-up show, in May and June 2023.
British Comedy Guide, 26th January 2023Changes to Slapstick Festival
In a late change to the advertised programme for the 19th annual edition of Slapstick in Bristol, the event now taking place on Saturday 18 February at St George's, Brandon Hill (5.30pm) will be "Comic Strip Stories" - a 40th anniversary look back at The Comic Strip Presents.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 24th January 2023Griff Rhys Jones criticises M&S plan to raze and rebuild Oxford Street store
Comedian and campaigner tells planning inquiry retailer is failing to use landmark building imaginatively.
Sarah Butler, The Guardian, 27th October 2022BBC adapting David Walliams' Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!
David Walliams is joined by Sheridan Smith, Kevin Bishop, Griff Rhys Jones, Archie Yates and Maggie Steed in the BBC's adaptation of Gangsta Granny Strikes Again!.
British Comedy Guide, 29th September 2022Holly Walsh to co-host The Museum Of Curiosity Series 16
Holly Walsh has been announced as the curator assisting John Lloyd for the 16th series of The Museum Of Curiosity, which returns to Radio 4 in October.
British Comedy Guide, 29th September 2021Griff Rhys Jones admits he hates how PC comedy is now
Griff Rhys Jones has spoken of his hatred towards increasingly politically correct comedy during an appearance on Steph's Packed Lunch this week.
Charlotte Dean, Daily Mail, 27th November 2020Armstrong & Miller 'stand in solidarity' with Rowling
Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller, previously a comedy double-act, were among more than 50 public figures and anti-trans campaigners who signed the letter published in The Sunday Times, which condemns the "insidious, authoritarian and misogynistic" opposition to JK Rowling on social media. Other people in the world of comedy who signed the letter include Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, Griff Rhys Jones, Craig Brown, Francis Wheen, Jimmy Mulville, Frances Barber and James Dreyfus.
Nick Duffy, Pink News, 28th September 2020