Ben Elton
- 64 years old
- English
- Writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Ben Elton to tour again in 2024
Ben Elton: Authentic Stupidity will run between September and November 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 15th December 2023Blackadder coming to Blu-ray
All original BBC television episodes of Blackadder have been restored and remastered in HD for a new Blu-ray release.
British Comedy Guide, 12th October 2023Upstart Crow axed by the BBC, David Mitchell reveals
Upstart Crow will not be returning to the BBC, David Mitchell has revealed. Ben Elton's Shakespeare sitcom ran for three series on BBC Two, with three Christmas specials and a spin-off stage play. Mitchell has said that he would love to reprise his role as the Bard and appealed to other broadcasters to rescue the period sitcom.
British Comedy Guide, 2nd October 2023Ben Elton interview
"Any time period would make a good Blackadder with the right jokes."
Michael Hogan, The Observer, 10th September 2023Lenny Henry to look back on entertainment career in ITV special
Lenny Henry: One Of A Kind, coming to ITV1 this autumn, will see the comedian looking back on his time in the entertainment spotlight.
British Comedy Guide, 11th August 2023Ben Elton's Rishi Sunak on BBC takedown enrages Conservatives
An excoriating takedown of Rishi Sunak on the BBC has triggered fury from Conservatives - who accused the broadcaster of becoming a "soap box for the left". Comedian and writer Ben Elton delivered a devastating assessment of the Prime Minister on Laura Kuenssberg's politics show on Sunday morning - branding him a "narcissistic sociopath" who was as untrustworthy as Boris Johnson.
Hamish Morrison, The National (Scotland), 25th June 2023We Will Rock You: Ben Elton on making his stage acting debut
Speaking to BBC London he said it had been "humbling to be amongst such brilliant talent".
BBC, 10th June 2023Ben Elton interview
Woke comedy and the scourge of individualism.
Adam Bloodworth, City AM, 30th May 2023Ben Elton: why I'm back on stage for my Queen musical
It was panned by the critcs, but 20 years on We Will Rock You is still drawing big crowds. Now, the comic is starring in it, he tells Dominic Maxwell.
Dominic Maxwell, The Times, 26th May 2023BAFTA TV Awards 2023 winners
Derry Girls has won Best Scripted Comedy at the 2023 BAFTA TV Awards. Other winners include Friday Night Live, Bad Sisters, Joe Lycett's Got Your Back, Siobhán McSweeney, Lenny Rush, Ben Whishaw and Anne-Marie Duff.
British Comedy Guide, 14th May 2023