Griff Rhys Jones and Mel Smith 'not a marriage made in heaven'

Griff Rhys Jones says his comedy partnership with the late Mel Smith was "not exactly a marriage made in heaven".

The star, 59, told the Radio Times that the pair were completely different.

But he said that there was no rivalry with actor and director Smith, who died earlier this month from a heart attack at the age of 60, and that it was "sheer bliss" to perform together.

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Rhys Jones, who starred with Smith in sketch show Alas Smith And Jones for more than a decade, told the magazine:

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He added: "I think we made some 50 hours of TV together. God knows a lot of it won't bear repeating, but when it was good it was sheer bliss to perform with Mel."