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Ben Elton
Ben Elton

Ben Elton

  • 65 years old
  • English
  • Writer and stand-up comedian

Ben Elton features

Blackadder. Image shows left to right: Lord Edmund Blackadder V (Rowan Atkinson), Baldrick (Tony Robinson). Credit: Tiger Aspect Productions TV

Blackadder Back and Forth - The forgotten special

Monday 1st January 2024

An article looking back at Blackadder Back and Forth, the special episode of the sitcom made for the Millennium Dome.

Filthy Rich & Catflap. Image shows left to right: Ralph Filthy (Nigel Planer), Eddie Catflap (Adrian Edmondson), Richie Rich (Rik Mayall). Credit: BBC Features

Comedy Rewind: Into the world of Filthy Rich & Catflap

Sunday 12th November 2023

Regularly overlooked between sitcom titans The Young Ones and Bottom, we revisit 1987's showbiz-puncturing Elton-Mayall-Edmondson comedy stepping-stone, Filthy Rich & Catflap.

Saturday Live. Ben Elton Features

Comedy Rewind: An alternative night out with Saturday Live

Sunday 25th June 2023

Showcasing a range of acts from the booming alternative comedy scene of the 1980s, this Comedy Rewind revisits the anarchic Saturday Live.

Weirdos: The Envelopes Live

John Robins, Friday Night Live, Marina Hyde, The Weirdos - Mark Muldoon's Comedy Diary

Tuesday 1st November 2022

Mark's live comedy adventures this month take in James Acaster, Tim Key, Channel 4's Friday Night Live, John Robins, Amy Gledhill, Marina Hyde, The Death Hilarious and Weirdos Present: The Envelopes.

The Wright Way. Image shows from L to R: Clive Beeches (Luke Gell), Gerald Wright (David Haig), Malika Maha (Mina Anwar), Bernard Stanning (Toby Longworth). Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment TV

The Wright Way

Monday 8th April 2013

A guide to The Wright Way, the new sitcom created by Blackadder, The Young Ones and The Thin Blue Line writer Ben Elton. Includes an interview.

Ben Elton Features

On Trial: Ben Elton

Monday 18th June 2012

An article looking at the good things and bad things Ben Elton has done during his career. Blackadder versus Get A Grip.

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