Griff Rhys Jones
Acting
Biography
Griff Rhys Jones is a Welsh actor and writer. He was born in 1953 in Cardiff gut the family later moved to Essex, England. Educated at Brentwood School in Essex, he won an exhibition to Emmanuel College, Cambridge to read History, transferring later to English. He joined the Footlights Club, becoming its vice president in 1976.
Born: November 16, 1953
Place of Birth: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Known For
The BAFTA Awards
BAFTA presents awards for film, television and games, including children's entertainment, at a number of annual ceremonies across the UK and in Los Angeles, USA.
Riot at the Rite
In the spring of 1913, Parisian businessman Gabriel Astruc opens a new theater on the Champs Elysées. The first performance is the premiere of Igor Stravinsky's 'The Rite of Spring', danced by the Ballet Russes. The rehearsal process is extremely fraught: the orchestra dislike Stravinsky's harsh, atonal music; the dancers dislike the 'ugly' choreography of Vaslav Nijinsky. The volatile, bisexual Nijinsky is in a strained relationship with the much older Sergei Diaghilev, the Ballet Russes' charismatic but manipulative impresario. Public expectation is extremely high after Nijinsky's success in 'L'apres-midi d'un faune'. Finally, 'The Rite of Spring' premieres to a gossip-loving, febrile, fashion-conscious Parisian audience sharply divided as to its merits.
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
A televised pantomime of Aladdin with characters played by well-known celebrities.
Griff’s Canadian Adventure
British comedian and travel enthusiast Griff Rhys Jones begins his journey across Canada, the second biggest country on the planet, starting on the Atlantic coast of its Easternmost province
Douglas Adams: The Man Who Imagined Our Future
Author of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, polymath Douglas Adams was a pioneer of science fiction, comedy, technology and environmental activism. We're on a journey with Douglas Adams - diving into the broad questions of life, the universe and everything at a time when we are all asking questions of ourselves and our place on Earth - and our fear of destroying it. Campaigning for endangered species and the coming storm of climate change, he was years ahead of his time. Optimistic about the infinite possibilities that computers will bring, obsessing with the art of writing, while exploring parallel dimensions and artificial intelligence, his philosophy and ideas are meaningful, and visionary.
Tales of Television Centre
Various actors, presenters, directors and other staff who have worked at the iconic BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in London reminisce about their time there.
Smith & Jones - One Night Stand
Smith and Jones debate on an awe inspiring range of themes from Devon to death, self assembly furniture to the summer of love and aids to anal retention.
QI
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
Live Aid
Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"
The Young Ones
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).
Filmography
as Self
as Mr Parker
as Foley
as Host
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Self - Guest
as David Van Der Clane
as Self - Panellist
as Dylan Thomas
as Self - Panelist
as Himself - Presenter
as Himself - Presenter
as Voice
as Himself
as Self (archive footage)
as Presenter
as Self
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Himself - Presenter
as Himself - Presenter
as Self
as Self
as Self - Interviewed Guest
as Self
as Astruc
as Self / Presenter
as Himself
as Self
as Dr David Quimper
as Max Vivaldi
as Self
as Self
as Self - Not the Nine O'Clock News, 1980 (archive footage)
as Col. Stokes
as Emperor
as Baron Wasteland
as Ray Mason, Radio York commentator
as Self
as Jeremy Sangster
as Ambrose Deddington
as Tino
as Davy Kotowski
as Graham
as Self
as Ian Deasey
as Touchstone
as Patrick
as Self
as Henry Wilt
as Harry Clark
as Himself
as Innkeeper
as Cornelius Carrington
as Paul Fuller
as Self
as Self
as Graham Sweetley
as Trevor
as Bamber 'Bambi' Gascoigne
as Self
as Self - Various Roles
as Self - Panellist
as Self
as Self - Presenter
as Self
as Host