Griff Rhys Jones
- 71 years old
- Welsh
- Actor, executive, comedian, writer and producer
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Cast revealed for 'What A Carve Up!' online show
Stephen Fry, Rebecca Front, Derek Jacobi and Griff Rhys Jones are amongst the cast making a new online version of satirical novel What A Carve Up!.
British Comedy Guide, 28th September 2020Griff Rhys Jones 'humbled' as he collects OBE
The 66-year-old was given the honour for services to entertainment and charity.
BT, 20th December 2019Leicester Comedy Festival launches 2020 programme
Headline acts for 2020 include Jo Brand, Stewart Lee, Milton Jones, Shappi Khorsandi, Fascinating Aida, Paul Sinha, Josie Long, Jason Byrne, Tony Slattery, Angela Barnes, Griff Rhys Jones, Andy Parsons, John Shuttleworth, Dane Baptiste, Rhod Gilbert, Mark Steel, Flo & Joan, Arthur Smith and Reg D Hunter.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 30th October 2019Not the Nine O'Clock News at 40
The BBC sketch show not only kick-started 'alternative comedy' and some of the most influential careers in British comedy, writes Gerard Gilbert, but also the second great age of TV satire.
Gerard Gilbert, The Independent, 16th October 2019Griff Rhys Jones reveals 2019 tour
Griff Rhys Jones will tour his new stand-up show - titled All Over The Place - this autumn.
British Comedy Guide, 5th July 2019Olivia Colman gets CBE, Griff Rhys Jones gets OBE
Olivia Colman and Griff Rhys Jones are among those named in the Queen's Birthday Honours. Colman will get a CBE, and Rhys Jones an OBE.
British Comedy Guide, 8th June 2019Clive Anderson on Whose Line
Griff Rhys Jones ate John Sessions' socks, Josie Lawrence hit the high notes and Colin Mochrie's Salmon Man went low. Ahead of three live Albert Hall specials, the presenter-cum-drummer looks back.
Clive Anderson, The Guardian, 13th December 2018Griff Rhys Jones interview
Talking travel, television and his latest sell-out show, Where Was I?, Griff Rhys Jones talks to SoGlos ahead of his appearance at the Everyman Theatre.
So Glos, 31st May 2018Griff Rhys Jones review
There's no shortage of self-deprecating chatter as the comic looks back on a life of globetrotting in his touring show.
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 28th February 2018Griff Rhys Jones interview
The actor and comedian on being lazy, losing his cool and public shaming.
Rosanna Greenstreet, The Guardian, 30th December 2017