Overview

A tribute to British comedian Mel Smith, who died in July 2013, aged 60, featuring home video footage, rare archive material and many classic sketches. Far more than a comic actor, Smith also wrote and edited a host of celebrated TV comedies in the 1980s and 90s. He was a theatre and film director, and as a TV producer he was responsible for several innovative comedy series. Friends and colleagues, including Griff Rhys Jones, John Lloyd and Richard Curtis, talk about Smith's talents, both in front of- and behind the camera. The programme also traces his time at Oxford and, before that, Latymer Upper School, where Smith's talents were first spotted.

Top Cast

Mel Smith

Self (archive footage)

Rebecca Front

Self - Narrator (voice)

Griff Rhys Jones

Self

John Lloyd

Self

Rowan Atkinson

Self

Richard Curtis

Self

Rory McGrath

Self

Kevin McNally

Self

B

Bob Goody

Self

Stephen Poliakoff

Self

J

Jon Plowman

Self

F

Fulke Johnson Houghton

Self