Mel Smith
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Oct 13, 2026
Ben BakerGUEST
I genuinely do.
Ben BakerGUEST
I think Mel Smith as a director is very underrated, w- what he manages to get out of sometimes very thin premises.
Rob HeathHOST
Yeah, that's true.
Rob HeathHOST
[laughs] I think, and I'll, um, I d- I'll touch on this a bit more later, but actually, I, I think this is like a better realized version of Blackpool.
Abigoliah SchamaunHOST
Okay.
Tom SalinskyHOST
Uh, and John Lloyd thought of another Oxford Review alumnus, an actor called Mel Smith.
Abigoliah SchamaunHOST
I don't think we've talked about Mel Smith.
Tom SalinskyHOST
I don't think we have.
Tom SalinskyHOST
Um, you did actually glimpse him briefly on The Young Ones.
Tom SalinskyHOST
Uh, so, um, John Lloyd and Sean Hardy are now th- trying to think more about what this show is gonna be.
Tom SalinskyHOST
They've got now this small core of performers, uh, and they get rid of the puppets, they get rid of the one-liners.
Tom SalinskyHOST
And this show has a much kind of looser, fresher feeling, and that came largely from Mel Smith.
Alexei SayleHOST
Yes.
Alexei SayleHOST
It was a snooker-themed drama, comedy drama, starring Robert Lindsay, Mel Smith.
Alexei SayleHOST
played his manager, I
Talal KarkoutiHOST
think.
Alexei SayleHOST
I may still drive a Rover.
Alexei SayleHOST
We both drove Rover P5B coupes.
Talal KarkoutiHOST
I'm not sure Mel Smith was in it.
Talal KarkoutiHOST
There's David Dacker.
Bobbie PryorHOST
Nicola Bridge.
Bobbie PryorHOST
Yeah, and Harry and lovely Mel.
Bobbie PryorHOST
But in the first book,
Steve PhillipsHOST
Wow.
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Bobbie PryorHOST
consequential, which is very ordinary in her voice.
Bobbie PryorHOST
And so I think that's really, that's really interesting how Jessica chooses a voice for her because it's not outstanding.
Bobbie PryorHOST
Actually, my favorite character in the whole thing is Mel, who's the, um, I would say he's the suicide man in the States, but he is our crime scene investigator, policeman with a lot of knowledge.
Bobbie PryorHOST
And he's, he's my favorite.
Seth MeyersHOST
I actually did an interview for Vulture, asked me once, is there a sketch you love? And so I've actually talked about this sketch before.
Seth MeyersHOST
But it's from Smith and Jones, which was a British sketch show that was in like the 80s.
Seth MeyersHOST
But when I lived in Amsterdam, they would rerun it.
Seth MeyersHOST
So the first time I saw this sketch was 10 years after it aired on like a rerun.
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Jorma TacconeHOST
Made it much funnier to me.
Jorma TacconeHOST
So thank you, Seth.
Seth MeyersHOST
The show, I believe, is called Alas, Smith and Jones.
Seth MeyersHOST
It's Mel Smith and Griff Reese Jones.
Stu MurphyHOST
I thought, "Do you know what? I was actually thinking about that last week." I don't know what prompted it, but it's Wilt.
Joe HeenanHOST
Mel Smith.
Stu MurphyHOST
Mel Smith- Oh, yeah ... and Griff Rhys Jones.
Stu MurphyHOST
Griff Rhys Jones.
Stu MurphyHOST
I remember every time you would walk into a bookshop, there would be a certain display or a certain... just filled with this, books of this Wilt.
Stu MurphyHOST
He's basically, he's had an argument with his wife who's gone missing-
Joe HeenanHOST
Yeah
Stu MurphyHOST
... and now the police, Mel Smith-
CratchitHOST
You got the actor right, which is kind of impressive.
CratchitHOST
Mel Smith.
Midnight MikeHOST
That was from European Vacation.
Midnight MikeHOST
And I have a new clip.
Alexei SayleHOST
I mean, he was that generation of Oxford students.
Alexei SayleHOST
along with, I think, Jimmy Morville and Mel Smith and Griff Rees-Jones.
Alexei SayleHOST
He was an addict.
Alexei SayleHOST
He went...
MarkHOST
This is my favourite photo up here.
MarkHOST
This is Dennis punching Mel Smith, holding on to George.
MarkHOST
Absolutely great, great photo.
MarkHOST
Absolutely love that.
Janni KnoxGUEST
My favourite comedy sketch is from Not the Nine O'Clock News.
Janni KnoxGUEST
Rowan Atkinson interviews Gerald, a talking gorilla played by Mel Smith.
Janni KnoxGUEST
Asked about being captured in the wild, Gerald says, Wild? Yes, says Rowan breathlessly.
Janni KnoxGUEST
I was livid, retorts Gerald indignantly.
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