Griff Rhys-Jones

Griff Rhys Jones came to national attention in the early 1980s for his work in the BBC television comedy sketch shows Not the Nine O' Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones alongside Mel Smith, with whom he founded television production company Talkback Productions. More recently, he has presented all three series of the BBC television series Restoration in which viewers decide on which listed building in immediate need of remedial works is to win a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

Griff Rhys Jones came to national attention in the early 1980s for his work in the BBC television comedy sketch shows Not the Nine O' Clock News and Alas Smith and Jones alongside Mel Smith, with whom he founded television production company Talkback Productions. More recently, he has presented all three series of the BBC television series Restoration in which viewers decide on which listed building in immediate need of remedial works is to win a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. See less