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	BBC - Comedy - Ben Elton Profile
		Benjamin Charles Elton was already a successful stand-up comedian when he began writing sit-coms.
		Many say that Elton and Curtis took a rough diamond and fashioned a gem.
		His TV show Ben Elton: The Man From Auntie caused as much uproar as it won viewers, though The Ben Elton Show failed to cause quite such a stir.
	www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/profiles/ben_elton.shtml (180 words)

	ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton - episode 112: Ben Elton (17/07/2006)
		BEN ELTON: I am quite organised, in that I'm often thinking about work, my work, which is self expression, so it's a lovely job to have.
		BEN ELTON: You've got to attack it, and, mate, if you've only got like four or five wedgies and there's a piece of wood that big, you got to decide where to drive them in or they'll all be in there and you'll be buggered.
		BEN ELTON: And I can find some bloke saying he was actually a woman and actually he never existed, and he killed Lady Diana shortly after he shot Kennedy.
	www.abc.net.au /tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1689423.htm (2868 words)

	Ben Elton
		Ben Elton (born May 3, 1959) is a British comedian and author.
		Born in Catford, London of an immigrant family of academics, he studied at Godalming Grammar School[?] and became a stand-up comedian and comedy writer shortly after leaving Manchester University[?] in 1980.
		A similar format was used for The Ben Elton Show which aired in 1998.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/be/Ben_Elton.html (382 words)

	Ben Elton Information (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Elton appeared in the fifth episode as a liberal prison governor.
		Elton's reputation as the hottest new comic writer led to a call from Richard Curtis who was looking for a second opinion before writing the second series of Blackadder, the first series of which had been disliked by BBC bosses.
		He later became the host of the programme, which involved Elton performing a series of topical routines, often with the intent of using his known left wing sympathies to attack the Conservative government of the time and especially the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (or "Thatch", as he called her).
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Ben_Elton (1088 words)

	Ben Elton : Comedian Profile
		Elton's reputation as the hottest new comic writer led to a call from Richard Curtis who was looking for a second opinion before writing the second series of Blackadder, the first series of which had been disliked by BBC bosses.
		Elton's writing plaudits were not being matched by those he received as a stand-up performer.
		He later became the host of the programme, which involved Elton performing a series of topical routines, often with the intent of using his known left wing sympathies to attack the Conservative government of the time and especially the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (or "Mrs Thatch", as he called her).
	www.comedy-zone.net /standup/comedian/e/elton-ben.htm (802 words)

	British Comedy: The Ben Elton FAQ v1.71
		=========================== Ben Elton is possibly one of the most successful comedic writers and stand-up comedians, with at least three highly successful TV series to his credit, as well as five novels, four plays - and between all this, he finds time to tour the UK once in a while.
		Ben's father and uncle were professors at Surrey and Cambridge, and his grandfather was a reknown classical historian in Prague who lost his professorship when Hitler invaded.
		Ben had a cameo role as an anarchist trying to kill the Prince in one episode.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/tv/british-comedy/Ben-Elton (4341 words)

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		It was in 1966 that Elton first got hold of a stack of Bernie Taupin's lyrics after a failed audition for Liberty Records.
		Elton John took some well-deserved time off after 1977.
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		Ben Harper, along with his band of Innocent Criminals, became a figurehead of chilled modern rock performance in the late nineties.
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	The Beautiful Game: Creative team: Ben Elton
		Ben Elton has without doubt established himself as the leading figure in the generation of British comedy stars, which emerged in the 1980’s.
		Ben went on to write for all the principal comedians of his generation, including Lenny Henry, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson and Harry Enfield with hit series such as HAPPY FAMILIES, FILTHY RICH and CATFLAP.
		Ben’s ambitions were originally theatrical, he studied Drama at Manchester University and, in 1990 he returned to the theatre with his first stage play, GASPING which ran for nine and a half months at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in the West End.
	www.reallyuseful.com /rug/shows/beautifulgame/cast/BenElton.htm (862 words)

	Ben Elton, more bark than bite - Wiping the Slate (Site not responding. Last check: )
		I have just returned from His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen, a cold, smiling, but ultimately disappointed man. For many, Ben Elton's one-off appearance at the Aberdeen Alternative Festival was to be the highlight of the week, and to be fair this may well have been the case.
		Elton is still masterful in exposing the absurdity of society, but it is hard to think of a truly political stand-up contemporary.
		Ben Elton is a British stand-up comedian and co-writer of the indisputably classic comic series Blackadders II, III and IV and The Young Ones.
	vzone.virgin.net /sizzling.jalfrezi/slate/benelton.htm (272 words)

	Ben Elton - Article about Ben Elton
		Born in Catford, London (he is the son of the educational researcher Lewis Elton and the nephew of the historian G R Elton), he studied at Godalming Grammar School and the University of Manchester.
		Ben is also a stand up comedian, he is one of Britain's biggest selling live acts* and he had become a regular turn on Saturday Live — later moved and renamed Friday Night Live — which was seen as a UK version of Saturday Night Live.
		Anne argued that Ben should be sent to the room "for being a total and utter hyprocrite and going back on everything he stood for in the 80s and 90s".
	yawiki.org /proc/Ben_Elton (1038 words)

	Ben Elton \| Profiles \| tobyyoung.co.uk
		Ben Elton is, by all accounts, a very nice man. In the course of researching this profile, I didn't speak to a single person who had a bad word to say about him.
		Elton is very sensitive to the accusation that he's sold out.
		However, before condemning Elton too strongly for his galloping didacticism it's worth baring in mind that without it he probably wouldn't have amounted to anything.
	www.tobyyoung.co.uk /366/ben-elton.html (1621 words)

	Review: Ben Elton on tour (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Occasionally, Elton’s well-developed sense of irony swoops in to save such things from the mundane, but just as often he’s not telling you much that’s new and it’s, well, boring, frankly.
		Yet for all this show’s faults, it would be unfair to dismiss Elton as a has-been, trading on his celebrity to peddle only bland, generic material.
		But then Ben’s a busy man – what with Blessed now on BBC One and his World War One thriller The First Casualty recently published, just in time for Armistice Day – so perhaps he hasn’t given himself the luxury of rehearsing this show, and of being more ruthless with mediocre material.
	www.chortle.us /comics/shows/elton.php (832 words)

	Ben Elton information - Search.com
		Elton appeared in the fifth episode as a liberal prison governor.
		Elton's reputation as the hottest new comic writer led to a call from Richard Curtis who was looking for a second opinion before writing the second series of Blackadder, the first series of which had been disliked by BBC bosses.
		He later became the host of the programme, which involved Elton performing a series of topical routines, often with the intent of using his known left wing sympathies to attack the Conservative government of the time and especially the Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (or "Thatch", as he called her).
	domainhelp.search.com /reference/Ben_Elton (1152 words)

	Review - Dead Famous by Ben Elton
		Always one with an eye for an opportunity Ben Elton has managed to bring the 'reality' phenomenon to the written page, which if you think about it is a piss-take in itself.
		This is a Ben Elton take on the Big Brother phenomenon, and you know this from the very opening when you read the dedication, where it mentions all the British contestants and the Australian ones as well (very well travelled must be Mr.
		This is what Ben Elton has always done for me - he takes an absurd but possible situation and treats it in such a way that it seems neither absurd nor improbable.
	www.booklore.co.uk /PastReviews/EltonBen/DeadFamous/DeadFamousReview.htm (1057 words)

	Ben Elton
		Now after an 8 year break Ben Elton is heading back to his root and is back on the road for the ‘Get A Grip’ UK tour, which heads to Plymouth Pavilions on Thursday 19 January.
		Ben went on to write for all the principle comedians of his generation, including Lenny Henry, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Ade Edmondson and Harry Enfield with hit series such as ‘Happy Families’, ‘Filthy Rich’ and ‘Catflap’.
		Ben is a successful best-selling novelist and writer often taking a back seat from the media spotlight on his projects, but now he is going back to his roots as a stand-up story-telling comedian, a field in which he is unmatched.”
	www.plymouthpavilions.com /benelton.asp (990 words)

	Amazon.fr : Inconceivable: Livres en anglais: Ben Elton (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Inconceivable tells a poignant and heart-rending story with Elton's trademark wit, creating a novel that is entertaining and emotionally satisfying; as explosive as Popcorn and with the incendiary humour of Blast From the Past.
		When Lucy decides that their childlessness is at least partly due to the stress brought on by their efforts to conceive, she insists that they each keep diaries, to privately sort out their thoughts and emotions.
		Elton captures the spirit of the modern bloke and the confusion that arises from a desire to be sensitive to one's partner's emotional needs while fulfilling traditional expectations of manhood.
	www.amazon.fr /Inconceivable-Ben-Elton/dp/0552146986 (765 words)

	Ben Elton News
		Ben Elton is a famous man. A celebrity, even, in his home country of Britain, where he is known for his satirical comedy and left-wing politics.
		BEN Elton is to stage a TV comeback 12 years after he was last seen in The Man From Auntie.
		COMEDIAN and writer Ben Elton last night called for drugs to be legalised, in a speech in front of MSPs at the Scottish Parliament.
	www.topix.net /who/ben-elton (332 words)

	Actors - Ben Elton
		Born in Catford, London of an Jewish immigrant family of academics (he is the son of the educational researcher Lewis Elton and the nephew of the historian G. Elton), he studied at Godalming Grammar School and the University of Manchester.
		Elton's reputation as the hottest new comic writer led to a call from Richard Curtis who was looking for a second opinion before writing the second series of Blackadder
		Elton's writing plaudits were not being matched by those he received as a stand-up performer.
	listing-index.ebay.com /actors/Ben_Elton.html (795 words)

	Amazon.com: Inconceivable: Books: Ben Elton (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Elton captures the spirit of the modern bloke and the confusion that arises from a desire to be sensitive to one's partner's emotional needs while fulfilling traditional expectations of manhood.
		Ben took a chance on this one, writing from 'his' and 'hers' side, as he has always been keen on presenting an equal view of the hell that males and females must go through in life itself.
		Ben pulls it off like a champ - he is one funny guy, yet very sensitive and intelligent on his approach to any subject he writes about.
	www.amazon.com /Inconceivable-Ben-Elton/dp/0552146986 (1998 words)

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		His analyses of the English language and poetry, and gags such as the paulty tyfewriter and the reversed l and r of Chow Mein (BTW, my family goes back a few millennia to ancient China and I didn't find this character remotely offensive) were strokes of genius.
		Andrew Lloyd Webber and Ben Elton's new musical is the story of ordinary people in an extraordinary situation.
		Ben Elton was born in South London and studied Drama at Manchester University.
	lycos.cs.cmu.edu /info/ben-elton.html (641 words)

	Amazon.com: Blast from the Past: Books: Ben Elton (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is a novel by Ben Elton, so we would expect it to have quite a lot going for it, and indeed it has.
		Ben Elton's way is to fix on a main target but to fire at a few others along the way, and he does that here as usual.
		They are, instead, means by which Elton proceeds to skewer both political persuasions and this might work if they weren't each so full of straw that his darting arrows not only pierce but proceed to explode the propped up dummies, to extend and exaggerate the metaphor.
	www.amazon.com /Blast-Past-Ben-Elton/dp/0385334524 (2552 words)

	Ben Elton
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	www.listal.com /author/ben-elton (311 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Panorama \| Ben Elton
		Ben Elton, who is one of the best known comedians in the country, was born in Catford, London in May 1959.
		Ben got into the entertainment habit at an early age, writing his first play at the age of 15 before heading to Manchester University to study drama.
		After graduating, Ben embarked on a career in stand-up comedy, and he quickly became a regular favourite at the Comedy Store in London - often sharing a stage with Mayall and Edmonson.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/panorama/2823041.stm (237 words)

	Amazon.ca: Stark: Books: Ben Elton (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is apparent from Elton's first novel, Stark, that he has tremendous ability as a word crafter and imagineer (I made that word up - it means "one who can conjure an interesting story.") Unfortunately, as his first novel was released, he had not firmly established his skills as a novelist.
		Ben Elton has a knack for making one investigate the ordinary and discover the other sometimes darker humourous side.
		Ben would have done much better to reduce the number of characters and show them going through some real growth as opposed to remaining cartoonish.
	www.amazon.ca /Stark-Ben-Elton/dp/0747403902 (1462 words)

	Amazon.ca: High Society: Books: Ben Elton,Greg Wagland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ben Elton's new novel High Society initially appears to be a cautionary tale about Britain today, but its vision of a society totally in thrall to criminality has elements of the visionary novel about it.
		Elton's cast of characters is massive, but all (notably a government minister who is trying to push through a bill to legalise drugs) are etched in with maximum vividness.
		Interestingly, although Elton casts a cold eye across the whole of society (including an unforgiving look at the media) the final effect of the book is anything but bleak.
	www.amazon.ca /High-Society-Ben-Elton/dp/075311836X (1148 words)

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	www.imdb.com /name/nm0255780 (492 words)

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