Mel Smith

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.

Fifteen year old Eddie's mother falls very ill after a serious car accident. Eddie and his brother Stewart end up having to take care of themselves and one night when they have ran out of food and electricity, Eddie dreams that his mother asks him to find an angel's halo so that she can be saved. Will Eddie be able to save his mother in time for Christmas?

Prequel to Only Fools and Horses, set in the 1960s. Joan Trotter is in an unhappy marriage with the work-shy Reg, with whom she has a teenage son, Derek ('Del Boy'). However, the reappearance in Peckham of bank robber, 'art connoisseur' and womaniser Freddie Robdal, recently released after a ten year prison sentence, would bring about changes in her life.

A look behind the scenes of satirical sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock News.

Mike es un ambicioso periodista deportivo que investiga una serie de asesinatos relacionados con el hallazgo en un viejo sótano de una novela inédita de Charles Dickens. Vive obsesionado con la idea de resolver un asesinato centenario descrito en el manuscrito, contando sólo con la ayuda de un enigmático vagabundo.

Fifty years ago, a Home Office committee chaired by Wolfenden, then vice-chancellor of Reading University, recommended the decriminalization of homosexuality. But behind the scenes of what was to become a turning point in British social history, there was an even more extraordinary story. Jack's son Jeremy, then a brilliant undergraduate at Oxford, was himself gay, something his father could not bring himself to acknowledge.

Attention, comedy fans: NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS is the real thing. This is scathing, no-holds-barred Brit humor at its best. Rapid-fire skits starring Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) are as politically incorrect as they are side-bustingly funny, sparing no one as they take on the British Royal Family, Margaret Thatcher, Scotland Yard, country music, Christianity, devil worship, punk rock and bathroom etiquette. NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS is so irreverent that when the pilot was due to air in April 1979, the BBC cancelled it due to its incendiary political content. When at last it aired, the greatest comedy group to hit England since Monty Python's Flying Circus stormed the airwaves and revolutionized British and American television alike. Discover the show that set the standard for the anarchic cynicism that defined the alternative comedy of the 80's.

Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.

Blackball follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey, a working-class fine of lawn bowls with an exceptional talent. Wanting to take on the Aussies he manages to become regional champion, only to get banned. Sports agent Rich Schwartz picks him up and makes him so popular the Bowls Committee deem to lift the ban. Now the question is whether he can regain his form and his friends to beat the Aussies.

Dos amigas londinenses se encontrarán a la gresca con unos criminales después de que ambas decidan chantajearlos como culpables del asalto a un banco en el vecindario. Lejos de amedrentarse y darles los 2 millones de dólares demandados, los jefes de la banda deciden amenazarles con emplear la violencia, por lo que las dos mujeres deciden emplear un plan alternativo. (FILMAFFINITY)

Dos amigas londinenses se encontrarán a la gresca con unos criminales después de que ambas decidan chantajearlos como culpables del asalto a un banco en el vecindario. Lejos de amedrentarse y darles los 2 millones de dólares demandados, los jefes de la banda deciden amenazarles con emplear la violencia, por lo que las dos mujeres deciden emplear un plan alternativo. (FILMAFFINITY)

Pending release of the movie "Bean," Rowan Atkinson reflects on his comedy career and reveals how his comic creation Mr Bean evolved. This 1997 documentary includes career clips as well as interviews with Atkinson, writers Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, British comedians Lenny Henry and Mel Smith and movie celebrities Jeff Goldblum and Burt Reynolds.

Mr. Bean trabaja como vigilante del prestigioso Royal National Gallery. Sus jefes están hartos de él y quieren despedirlo a causa de sus continuas meteduras de pata, pero no pueden hacerlo porque cuenta con la recomendación del director del museo. Para asegurarse de que su incompetencia quede de manifiesto ingenian un plan para enviarle a los EE.UU. como un experto en arte con el fin de adquirir el cuadro más valioso del mundo.

Adaptación de "Twelfth Night", de William Shakespeare, que cuenta la historia de dos hermanos que se separan tras un naufragio, creyendo cada uno que el otro ha muerto.

Stephen Milner is a solicitor, but he fits uneasily into the world of Lewis Strange and Partners, who are an upmarket firm of solicitors.The film follows Milner's fraught relationship with a lucrative client, Ron Jesson. When one of his offices goes up in flames, the press are convinced that Ron arranged the fire for insurance purposes.Milner also has to cope with an estranged wife, batty mother and debt ridden younger brother.

En 1939, la WBN, una modesta emisora de radio, está a punto de retransmitir para toda América. Pero nada más empezar, una misteriosa voz interrumpe la emisión, y los miembros del equipo empiezan a morir uno tras otro.

Smith and Jones debate on an awe inspiring range of themes from Devon to death, self assembly furniture to the summer of love and aids to anal retention.

While investigating the murder of a movie star, a detective finds that he himself is being set up for the crime.

Tres lunáticos, un abogado, un taxista y un manitas, se juntan para dirigir una compañía de ballet para cumplir la voluntad de un millonario. Remake del clásico original de los hermanos Marx, "Un noche en la Opera".

In the tradition of the acclaimed series of British concerts known as The Secret Policemen's Ball, Amnesty International celebrates its 50th Anniversary live at Radio City Music Hall.

Classic animation based on Raymond Briggs' book. What does Father Christmas do with himself for the other 364 days of the year ?

Durante un frío invierno del siglo XIX, los voraces lobos invadieron Inglaterra. Willoughby Chase es un palacio inexpugnable en una tierra feroz. Ningún lugar es seguro si la Bestia está dentro. Y en Willoughby Chase hay una Bestia. Humana. Bonnie y Sylvia habían vivido encerradas en un sueño. Al final despertaron en una pesadilla...

Comedia que adapta la popular novela de Tom Sharpe. Henry Wilt (Griff Rhys Jones) es un tímido profesor de un conflictivo instituto de formación profesional a punto de ser adquirido por los japoneses. En una obra de construcción de al lado del centro escolar, aparece un cuerpo del que se sospecha que es la mujer del propio Wilt, quien se convertirá en el principal inculpado del asesinato.

Dexter, un actor que lleva varios años encasillado en papeles de "un tipo alto", se enamora de una enfermera que expresa siempre lo que siente. Cuando por fin Dexter consigue un papel en una musical importante "El hombre elefante", su novia le deja porque sospecha que tiene una aventura con una de las actrices de la obra teatral...

Dexter, un actor que lleva varios años encasillado en papeles de "un tipo alto", se enamora de una enfermera que expresa siempre lo que siente. Cuando por fin Dexter consigue un papel en una musical importante "El hombre elefante", su novia le deja porque sospecha que tiene una aventura con una de las actrices de la obra teatral...

Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jone star in festive special about a family with a video camera. Christmas usually means a little over-indulgence, but to the Aldershot family it is an orgy of hitherto uncharted proportions.

Después de buscar fortuna durante cinco años, Westley retorna a su tierra para casarse con su amada, la bella Buttercup, a la que había jurado amor eterno. Sin embargo, para recuperarla habrá de enfrentarse a Vizzini y sus esbirros. Una vez derrotados éstos, tendrá que superar el peor de los obstáculos: el príncipe Humperdinck pretende desposar a la desdichada Buttercup, pese a que ella no lo ama, ya que sigue enamorada de Westley.

The Grand Knockout Tournament (colloquially also known as It's a Royal Knockout) was a one-off charity event which was shown on British television on 19 June 1987. It followed the format of It's a Knockout (the British version of Jeux Sans Frontieres), a slapstick TV gameshow which was broadcast in the UK until 1982. The event was staged on the lakeside lawn of the Alton Towers stately home-cum-theme park. However, the event used its own specially created immersing set, meaning that the location was not very recognisable in the TV broadcast.

A short film staring British comedians Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones that seeks to update the Santa Claus myth. Made for the Finnish tourist board

This is the British remake of 1984 Danny DeVito film

This is the British remake of 1984 Danny DeVito film

Clark tiene la idea de volver a pasar unas vacaciones con su familia. Para ello ha trabajado duro y ha conseguido un viaje a Europa. Gran Bretaña, Alemania, Francia e Italia serán las damnificadas.

Live Aid (en español, ayuda en directo) fueron dos conciertos organizados por el líder y vocalista de la banda de rock The Boomtown Rats Bob Geldof, y el líder y vocalista de la banda de pop Ultravox Midge Ure, realizados el 13 de julio de 1985 de forma simultánea en el Estadio Wembley de Londres (Reino Unido) y en el John F. Kennedy Stadium de Filadelfia (Estados Unidos), con el motivo de recaudar fondos en beneficio de Etiopía y Somalia. Pocos meses antes, artistas principalmente británicos, publicaron la canción "Do They Know It's Christmas?" con los mismos fines, de igual forma los músicos estadounidenses colaboraron con la canción "We Are The World", para recaudar fondos.

Los extraterrestres más tontos del universo se ven obligados a realizar un aterrizaje forzoso en la Tierra, en una autopista británica. Proceden del planeta Blob, donde existe una civilización superior, pero ellos son los más idiotas. Se dedican a explorar el espacio. Tres de ellos son capturados por unos militares, que no pueden creer que sean tan estúpidos. Su gran oportunidad llegará cuando un promotor que ve en ellos el futuro de la música los convierta en superestrellas del pop. (FILMAFFINITY)

Los extraterrestres más tontos del universo se ven obligados a realizar un aterrizaje forzoso en la Tierra, en una autopista británica. Proceden del planeta Blob, donde existe una civilización superior, pero ellos son los más idiotas. Se dedican a explorar el espacio. Tres de ellos son capturados por unos militares, que no pueden creer que sean tan estúpidos. Su gran oportunidad llegará cuando un promotor que ve en ellos el futuro de la música los convierta en superestrellas del pop. (FILMAFFINITY)

A down on his luck Irishman in London decides to play snooker for money.

Two lads in Edinburgh embark on a non-violent spree of robberies. They dress up in clown masks and act as modern highwaymen, robbing coach loads of tourists in the highlands. In the process they become folk heroes to the locals. Their adventures make for a whimsical and gentle comedy, in the Bill Forsyth vein.

Stone (Peter Coyote) hits an armored truck without his usual driver. The ensuing getaway leads to the death of an innocent. The payback is swift and brutal. The wronged father hires a twisted, sociopathic assassin to avenge his loss. One by one the offenders are punished through grisly executions. Stone uses his wits to find a reclusive friend Terry (Mel Smith) just in time for a psychedelic funhouse showdown with his stalker.

The dashing Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond - WWI ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, part-time sleuth and all round spiffing chap - must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno, his wartime adversary. And, of course, win the heart of a jolly nice young lady.

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.

The slender premise springs from the actions of two listless 11-year-old boys, the cold, manipulative Leo, and his weaker, more impressionable friend, Mike. Contemptuous of the fallible police force (Mike has already filched a police hat from an accident scene), the boys arrange a staged knife fight outside a football stadium with the aid of a bag of stage blood and a real blade.

William came to work in Fleet Street in 1971. London meant girls, as many girls as he could find. Then he met Caroline and so it began, that very strange summer ... Caroline said the best of her life.

Adaptación en dibujos animados de la extraordinaria novela de Tolkien, centrada en la primera mitad de la trilogía: "The Fellowhip of the Ring" y la primera parte de "The Two Towers". En la Tierra Media, desde las verdes praderas de la Comarca, Frodo Bolsón, sobrino de Bilbo Bolsón, se embarca en una larga y peligrosa aventura para evitar que un anillo mágico que perteneció a su tío caiga ahora en poder del malvado Sauron, dueño de Mordor.