After Dinner Speakers: Mel Smith, Monica Lewinsky, Phil Tufnell

Mel Smith is a comic polymath - a writer, director and performer on stage, in films and on television. As an actor, he has appeared in numerous films including Wilt, Morons From Outer Space, The Princess Bride, Bullshot, Slayground, National Lampoon's European Vacation, Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Bloody Kids, and Brain Donors. He starred in and co-wrote four series for the BBC's ground-breaking satire "Not the Nine O'Clock News" and won two British comedy awards for the series "Smith and Jones," and an Emmy for "Alas Smith and Jones," which he wrote with his co-star, Griff Rhys-Jones. His many other television credits include "The World According to Smith and Jones," "Colin's Sandwich," "Muck and Brass," "Father Xmas," "Milner" and "Small Doses." Smith's stage appearances include "Charley's Aunt" and "The Gambler" in the West End and he and Griff Rhys-Jones have toured internationally. Smith has been an associate director of The Crucible Sheffield and The Young Vic and has directed for tours and in the West End. Smith also directed the films Radioland Murders, produced by George Lucas, and The Tall Guy, written by Richard Curtis.