1. PREMIERED 1984

    Alas Smith and Jones

    British Broadcasting Corporation, 1984–1998

1984

ALAS SMITH AND JONES

PROGRAM INFO

  1. ABOUT
    British comedy sketch television series
  2. PREMIERED
    January 31, 198442 years ago
  3. FINALE
    October 14, 1998
  4. NETWORK
    British Broadcasting Corporation
  5. COUNTRY
    United Kingdom
  6. LANGUAGE
    English
  7. SEASONS
    10
  8. EPISODES
    62
  9. GENRE
    Sketch comedy, Comedy television series
  10. STARRING
    Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Chris Langham
  11. ANNIVERSARY
    Turns 43 on January 31, 2027, in 90 days
  12. SOURCES
    Wikipedia, Wikidata

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