British comedian, author, playwright, actor and director
Ben Elton
AM
Born
Benjamin Charles Elton
(1959-05-03) 3 May 1959 (age 65)
Fitzrovia, London, England
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Australia
Alma mater
University of Manchester
Occupations
Comedian
writer
actor
author
director
Years active
1981–present
Notable work
The Young Ones Blackadder
Spouse
Sophie Gare
(m. 1994)
Children
3
Parents
Lewis Elton (father)
Mary Foster (mother)
Relatives
Victor Ehrenberg (grandfather)
Sir Geoffrey Elton (uncle)
Dame Olivia Newton-John (third cousin)
Victor Ehrenberg (great-great-uncle)
Benjamin Charles EltonAM (born 3 May 1959) is a British comedian, actor, author, playwright, lyricist and director. He was a part of London's alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and became a writer on the sitcoms The Young Ones and Blackadder, as well as continuing as a stand-up comedian on stage and television. His style in the 1980s was left-wing political satire. Since then he has published 17 novels and written the musicals The Beautiful Game (2000), We Will Rock You (2002), Tonight's the Night (2003), and Love Never Dies (2010), the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera. His novels cover the dystopian, comedy, and crime genres.
those on The BenElton Show and staged studio discussion between Elton and 23-year-old Alexa Chung, the show's aim was to "contrast Elton's middle-aged...
Sir Geoffrey Rudolph Elton FBA (born Gottfried Rudolf Otto Ehrenberg; 17 August 1921 – 4 December 1994) was a German-born British political and constitutional...
historian Geoffrey Elton. Lewis married Mary Foster, whom he met at University and one of their four children is the comedian and author BenElton. Lewis died...
second series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and BenElton, which aired from 9 January 1986 to 20 February 1986. The series is set...
1978. It was there that he met his future comedy partner Ade Edmondson; BenElton, a fellow student; and Lise Mayer, with whom he later co-wrote The Young...
fourth series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and BenElton, which aired from 28 September to 2 November 1989 on BBC1. The series...
a British sitcom based on the life of William Shakespeare written by BenElton. The show premiered on 9 May 2016 on BBC Two as part of the commemorations...
and Rowan Atkinson, while subsequent series were written by Curtis and BenElton. The shows were produced by John Lloyd. In 2000, the fourth series, Blackadder...
Waddingham played the role of Christine in the Andrew Lloyd Webber and BenElton musical The Beautiful Game in London's West End. In October 2000, Waddingham...
film writer. She was creator and co-writer, alongside Rik Mayall and BenElton, of the BBC comedy series The Young Ones. Mayer was born in Chicago, Illinois...
third series of the BBC sitcom Blackadder, written by Richard Curtis and BenElton, which aired from 17 September to 22 October 1987. The series is set during...
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Original air date 1 1 "Star Crossed Lovers" Romeo and Juliet Matt Lipsey BenElton 9 May 2016 (2016-05-09) Will presents Romeo and Juliet (which had the...
in "Bambi", an episode of The Young Ones, with the series' co-writer BenElton completing their team. In 1980–81, his final year at university, besides...
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Jennifer Saunders in Happy Families, a rural comedy drama written by BenElton, which appeared on the BBC and told the story of the dysfunctional Fuddle...
The Upstart Crow is a stage play by BenElton developed from his BBC TV sitcom Upstart Crow. The play, directed by Sean Foley, began previews at the Gielgud...
Alfresco (1983–84), which ran for two series with Thompson, Fry, Laurie, BenElton, and Robbie Coltrane. She later collaborated again with Fry and Laurie...
The BenElton Show is a British comedy series, which aired on BBC in 1998. It was a comedy-variety show, which proved a surprise, since Elton had despised...
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