Griff Rhys Jones is an actor, comedian and TV presenter
February 2023
Griff Rhys Jones rails against plans to ‘smother’ Liverpool Street station
Comedian leads coalition against ‘exploitative’ proposal for 16-storey buildings over listed station
October 2022
Griff Rhys Jones criticises M&S plan to raze and rebuild Oxford Street store
Comedian and campaigner tells planning inquiry retailer is failing to use landmark building imaginatively
February 2022
An Hour and a Half Late review – bickering comedy from Griff Rhys Jones and Janie Dee
There are nice slapstick set-pieces but this two-hander loses any sense of marital crisis and has perfunctory sitcom gags
November 2021
TV tonight
TV tonight: Tracey Emin and Martin Freeman pay tribute to artist Bridget Riley
Riley, considered a revolutionary painter, talks to Kirsty Wark. Plus: Children in Need. Here’s what to watch this evening
March 2020
TV tonight
TV tonight: the rise and rise of the superhero franchise
Griff Rhys Jones: save our Victorian treasures from teen vandals
March 2018
How I eat
Griff Rhys Jones: how I eat
How I eat: What fuels the funnybones of one of Britain’s favourite comedians?
February 2018
Griff Rhys Jones: Where Was I? review – humiliations of a hapless traveller
There’s no shortage of self-deprecating chatter as the comic looks back on a life of globetrotting in his touring show
January 2018
'Fame proved toxic for the relationship': when comedy double acts split
David Baddiel, Andy Zaltzman, Richard Herring and other comics on fame, failure and friendship
December 2017
The Q&A
Griff Rhys Jones: ‘My best kiss? I kissed all the Spice Girls once’
The actor and comedian on being lazy, losing his cool and public shaming
September 2017
'Visionary, master diplomat – and absolute smoothie': stars pay tribute to Peter Hall
He gave Peter Brook his big break, helped Elaine Paige conquer her fear, showed Griff Rhys Jones the joy of farce and dazzled a teenage Samuel West. They celebrate the great director who has died aged 86
March 2017
The Miser review – a Molière mugfest
The Miser review – Griff Rhys Jones presides over a relentless gag-fest
April 2015
Media Monkey
Media Monkey’s Diary: Sarah Vine v Kim Kardashian, Richard Desmond
Read Media Monkey’s diary from the Monday print pages
February 2015
Griff Rhys Jones to front BBC4 museum quiz show
The Quizeum will feature expert contestants answering questions about artefacts in the museum, taking part in treasure hunts and engaging in debates
November 2014
How about a cake sale to help the rich pay their taxes?
Letters: I suggest Mr Rhys Jones sets his sights nearer home. He can find an equivalent mansion in the Marches for a quarter of London prices
Little time for Griff Rhys Jones’s gripe on mansion tax
Letters: On the same page is the story of John McArthur, who has been sanctioned by the DWP for declining to work unpaid for the same company which had laid him off
Listen up, Griff Rhys Jones, the mansion tax is the soft option
Andy Wightman
Griff Rhys Jones: I may flee UK over Labour’s mansion tax
Griff Rhys Jones threatens to leave the country over Labour’s mansion tax
