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Ben Elton

Ben Elton is a British Australian comedian (he has dual citizenship), 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.

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Writer

Episode Blackadder
Duel and Duality
1987
Episode The Young Ones
Flood
1982
Episode The Young Ones
Summer Holiday
1984
Episode The Young Ones
Bambi
1984
Episode Upstart Crow
Star-Crossed Lovers
2016
Episode BBC Comedy
The Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture With Ben Elton
2017
Episode Upstart Crow
The Play's the Thing
2016
Episode Upstart Crow
The Apparel Proclaims the Man
2016
Episode The Young Ones
Cash
1984
Episode Upstart Crow
Love Is Not Love
2016
Episode Upstart Crow
What Bloody Man Is That?
2016
Episode Upstart Crow
A Crow Christmas Carol
2018
Episode Upstart Crow
The Quality of Mercy
2016
Episode Upstart Crow
A Christmas Crow
2017
Episode The Young Ones
Nasty
1984
Episode Blackadder
Blackadder Back & Forth
1999
Episode Blackadder
Captain Cook
1989
Episode Filthy Rich & Catflap
Dead Milkmen
1987
Episode Blackadder
Corporal Punishment
1989
Episode Blackadder
Major Star
1989
Episode Blackadder
Private Plane
1989
Episode Filthy Rich & Catflap
Game Show
1987
Episode Blackadder
General Hospital
1989
Episode Blackadder
Goodbyeee
1989
Episode Filthy Rich & Catflap
Dinner Party
1987
Episode Stark
Episode 1
1993
Episode Stark
Episode 2
1993
Episode Stark
Episode 3
1993
Episode Filthy Rich & Catflap
A Death in the Family
1987
Episode The Young Ones
Demolition
1982
Episode Filthy Rich & Catflap
Breakfast Television
1987
Episode The Ones
The One Ronnie
2010
Episode Filthy Rich & Catflap
Smear Campaign
1987
Episode The Young Ones
Time
1984
Episode The Wright Way
The Rogue Speed Bump
2013
Episode The Wright Way
Conkers Bonkers
2013
Episode Ben Elton
Ben Elton Very Live
1993
Episode Ben Elton
Ben Elton Live
1997
Episode The Young Ones
Oil
1982
Episode Ben Elton
Ben Elton Get A Grip Tour
2007
Episode Blackadder
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
Episode The Young Ones
Sick
1984
Episode Happy Families
Edith
1985
Episode Dave's One Night Stand
Ben Elton, Jason Byrne, Tom Stade
2010
Episode Happy Families
Cassie
1985
Episode Happy Families
Madeleine
1985
Episode The Thin Blue Line
The Queen's Birthday Present
1995
Episode The Thin Blue Line
Fire and Terror
1995
Episode The Thin Blue Line
Honey Trap
1995
Episode Mr. Bean
Mr. Bean
1990
Episode Happy Families
Joyce
1985
Episode The Thin Blue Line
Rag Week
1995
Episode The Thin Blue Line
Night Shift
1995
Episode The Young Ones
Boring
1982
Episode The Thin Blue Line
Kids Today
1995
Episode Blackadder
Chains
1986
Episode Happy Families
Roxanne
1985
Episode Blackadder
Bells
1986
Episode The Thin Blue Line
Yuletide Spirit
1995
Episode Blackadder
Potato
1986
Episode Happy Families
Reunion
1985
Episode The Thin Blue Line
Court in the Act
1996
Episode Blackadder
Head
1986
Episode Blackadder
Beer
1986
Episode The Thin Blue Line
Ism Ism Ism
1996
Episode Blackadder
Money
1986
Episode The Thin Blue Line
Fly on the Wall
1996
Episode The Thin Blue Line
Alternative Culture
1996
Episode The Young Ones
Bomb
1982
Episode The Thin Blue Line
Come on You Blues
1996
Episode The Thin Blue Line
Road Rage
1996
Episode The Thin Blue Line
The Green Eyed Monster
1996
Episode The Young Ones
Interesting
1982
Episode The Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture
The Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture with Ben Elton
2017
Episode Blackadder
Dish and Dishonesty
1987
Episode Blackadder
Ink and Incapability
1987
Episode Blackadder
Nob and Nobility
1987
Episode Blackadder
Sense and Senility
1987
Episode Blackadder
Amy and Amiability
1987

Guest Star

Episode The Project (2009)
Wednesday 31 Aug
2016
Episode Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Rishi Sunak on NHS, Inflation and Russia
2023
Episode The Young Ones
Flood
1982
Episode Saturday Live
Ben Elton
1986
Episode The Young Ones
Bambi
1984
Episode The Young Ones
Summer Holiday
1984
Episode Hysteria
Hysteria 3!
1991
Episode Q+A
From Political Summit to Political Satire
2014
Episode BBC Comedy
The Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture With Ben Elton
2017
Episode Robin Williams: Comic Genius
‘Parkinson’: Daniel Craig, Ben Elton, Robin Williams, James Morrison
2006
Episode Omnibus (1967)
Life of Python
1990
Episode Harry Enfield and Chums
Episode 1
1994
Episode The Charlotte Church Show
Christmas Special - Ben Elton, Paul O'Grady, The Sugababes
2006
Episode Hey Hey! It's Saturday
Episode 10
1997
Episode Oxford Road Show
XTC
1981
Episode The ONE Show
Ben Elton, Ruby Wax
2017
Episode The Entertainers
Stomping on the Cat
1983
Episode Blackadder
Sense and Senility
1987
Episode The ONE Show
Kenneth Branagh, Ben Elton
2019
Episode Parkinson
Daniel Craig, Ben Elton, Robin Williams
2006
Episode The Young Ones
Demolition
1982
Episode Comedy Connections
Geoffrey Perkins
2008
Episode Frontline (1994)
This Night of Nights
1994
Episode Mr. Bean
The Story of Bean
1997
Episode Parkinson
Gordan Ramsay, Ben Elton, Rod Stewart
2005
Episode The Chris McCausland Show
Ben Elton, Lou Sanders, Cam Cole
2024
Episode Dave's One Night Stand
Ben Elton, Jason Byrne, Tom Stade
2010
Episode The Young Ones
Sick
1984
Episode The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
Episode 6
2019
Episode The Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture
The Ronnie Barker Comedy Lecture with Ben Elton
2017
Episode French & Saunders
Languages
1988