Ben Elton

Already a successful comedian, Ben Elton turned to writing situation comedies during the 1980s and penned BBC classics such as "The Young Ones" (1982), "Black-Adder II" (1986), "Black Adder the Third" (1987), "Blackadder 4" (1989) and during the 1990s "The Thin Blue Line" (1995). He provided lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, "The Beautiful Game", which was nominated for Best Musical at the Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards in 2001 (2000 season). His comedy, "Popcorn", performed at the Apollo Theatre, was awarded the 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Comedy of the 1997 season. He and Andrew Lloyd Webber were awarded the 2000 London Critics Circle Theatre Award (Drama) for Best New Musical for "The Beautiful Game", performed at the Cambridge Theatre. Has three children : Bert, Lottie and Fred. Is co-writer of the Queen Musical 'We Will Rock You' with the band itself. He and Richard Curtis were offered the chance to write "Police Academy - The London Beat", but turned it down. Was a host of The Prince's Trust 30th Birthday: Live (2006) (TV).

Known For: Acting

Born: null, 1959-05-03

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1986	The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live	Self	60
2	1987	The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball	Self	50
3	1989	The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball	Self	75
4	1993	Much Ado About Nothing	Verges	69
5	1993	Ben Elton: Very Live	Himself	0
6	1994	Filth!	Himself	0
7	1997	The Story of Bean	himself	71
8	1997	Ben Elton: Live	Himself	0
9	1998	All Saints: The Video	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)	0
10	2006	When Comedy Changed Forever	Self (archive material)	0
11	2006	Is Benny Hill Still Funny?	Self	0
12	2007	Ben Elton: The Get A Grip Tour Live	Himself	0
13	2008	Blackadder Exclusive: The Whole Rotten Saga	Self	80
14	2008	Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments	Self	80
15	2008	We Are Most Amused	Self	72
16	2008	Blackadder Rides Again	Self	76
17	2012	The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker	Self	80
18	2014	Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule	Self	75
19	2018	How The Young Ones Changed Comedy	(Archive Footage)	70
20	2018	The London Studios: Home of the Stars	Self	0
21	2020	The BRITs at 40	Self	0
22	2022	Ben Elton: Live	Self	80
23	2023	Blackadder: The Lost Pilot	Self	70
24	2023	Blackadder: A Cunning Story	Self – Contributor	75
25	2023	Ben Elton: The Great Railway Disaster	Self	0
26		Laughs and Larrikins		0
27	2025	But Also John Clarke	Self	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1976	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Self	50
2	1979	Question Time	Self - Panellist	55
3	1982	O.T.T.		0
4	1982	There's Nothing to Worry About!	Various	50
5	1982	The Young Ones	Baz	79
6	1982	The Young Ones	Radio DJ	79
7	1982	The Young Ones	Grange Hill Student	79
8	1982	The Young Ones	Man in Hawk Advert	79
9	1983	Alfresco	Various	60
10	1983	Blackadder	Anarchist	80
11	1985	Happy Families	Roland	67
12	1986	Saturday Live		67
13	1986	Saturday Live	Host	67
14	1986	Omnibus Presents Comic Relief		40
15	1987	Filthy Rich & Catflap	Art Exhibition Guest	66
16	1987	French & Saunders	Guest	75
17	1987	Going Live!	Self	60
18	1988	This Morning	Self	52
19	1989	Saturday Night Clive		0
20	1990	Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie		0
21	1993	Stark	CD	58
22	1994	Harry Enfield and Chums	Benny Elton	71
23	1995	The Thin Blue Line	Homeless Man	71
24	1996	Clive Anderson All Talk	Self	0
25	1998	Parkinson	Self	0
26	1998	The Ben Elton Show		60
27	1998	The Heaven and Earth Show		32
28	2002	V Graham Norton	Self	50
29	2003	Enough Rope With Andrew Denton		65
30	2006	The One Show	Self	45
31	2007	Get a Grip		0
32	2008	Q&A	Self - Panellist	38
33	2009	Live from Studio Five	Self	33
34	2009	Angela and Friends		50
35	2019	Have You Been Paying Attention?	Panellist	75
36	2022	Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg		27
37	2024	The Chris McCausland Show	Self	0

Ben Elton

Film

Television