On five great rail adventures Griff Rhys Jones explores Africa home to astonishing wildlife mighty rivers the driest deserts and a billion people. This unforgettable journey takes Griff from the coastal plains of Morocco in North Africa through the great deserts of Egypt and the Sudan in East Africa down through the savannahs of Kenya and Tanzania across to the vast forests of Zambia and finally to the southernmost tip of prosperous South Africa.Griff highlights incredible landscapes and introduces us to some remarkable people. Progress isn’t always smooth as he contends with closed borders and missed trains. He takes it all in good humour and revels in this amazing trip of a lifetime.Africa truly is like nowhere else on earth.
1924: the Boundary Commission is deciding on the new territorial line between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic... After months of haggling over every inch of territory the commissioners are forced to finish the job by hand after a bicycle incident destroys the surveyor's equipment. With all the participants holding down the pencil and much pushing and shoving the border finds its way down the middle of Puckoon dividing house from outhouse man from wife pub chairs from bar
Popular BBC series in which Griff Rhys Jones retraces the lost routes across Britain that have shaped our landscape and our history. He follows four routes; each one associated with the historic movement of people, trade or commodities and along the way provides his own perspective on contemporary British life. Griff reveals why we once travelled for pleasure, profit and piety. By walking a Welsh pilgrim's route, transporting hay around the Essex coast, recreating a Tudor Royal Progression and droving cattle across Scotland he explores the landscapes and meets the people who inhabit them today, using the here and now as a portal to the past. From the luxury of a Rolls Royce to the more basic surroundings of a barge, from transporting a bus-load of contemporary pilgrims to the perils of moving a cow, he gets to grips with exactly how our ancestors journeyed from place to place - and how they amused themselves en-route. With his unending curiosity and inherent wit, Griff investigates the stories of those who travelled these now forgotten paths and considers the cultural as well as environmental impact they have had on the history of Britain.
More celebrities trace their heritage finding surprising truths about their ancestry in the process.
Rivers With Griff Rhys Jones (2 Discs)
Second series of the programme following Welsh comic Griff Rhys Jones as he explores a number of the world's most spectacular cities. 'Rome' sees him embark on a day-long tour of the historic city, using a scooter as transport. 'Sydney' sees him explore both the light and dark side of arguably Australia's foremost city. Finally, in 'Hong Kong' he visits the vast Chinese metropolis that was under British control during the 20th century, again with only a day to get to grips with the multifacet...
Griff Rhys Jones was born in Wales but brought up in Essex - and now the exile is back! In a series of eight thirty-minute adventures he explores the 'most beautiful the most magical and the most remarkable regions of Wales.' In an unusual twist on the conventional travelogue Griff starts each of the eight adventures by encountering a challenge. Whether it's to walk a corgi in Pembrokeshire - find a Welsh dresser in Conwy - or track down the Holy Grail in Ceredigion - each challenge tests Griff's Celtic credentials and forces him to dig deep into the spirit and psyche of the Welsh character. In the process he not only uncovers surprising revelations about his fellow countrymen and his homeland - but he also immerses himself in some of the most glorious countryside in all of Britain. This enthralling and entertaining series is a sheer pleasure to watch.
From the magnificent mind of Russell T. Davies comes Mine All Mine one of the finest original programmes of 2004. Max Vivaldi has a dream. According to an ancient will from 1710 his family owns the whole of Swansea. But everyone laughs at Max just as they laughed as his father before him and he's a running joke on the South Wales coast. Until it all turns out to be true... The most ordinary family in the world suddenly becomes lord and master of all they survey. The road
Based on the hilarious novel by Tom Sharpe and starring Grif Rhys-Jones and Mel Smith, "Wilt" is a story of a disappearance, mistaken identity and a blow-up doll.
Compilation DVD of the witty and original humour of Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones runs riot in this ACE and International Emmy-winning comedy. Their famous head-to-head sketches combine with more unstructured and often bizarre scenarios exploring such topics as the cult of artificial insemination or the art of selling TV programmes to America.
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