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 se...
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When Comedy Changed Forever
As Self (archive material)
The Secret Policeman’s Third Ball
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Blackadder: The Lost Pilot
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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball
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Ben Elton: The Great Railway Disaster
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Blackadder: A Cunning Story
As Self – Contributor
Filth!
As Himself
Ben Elton: Live
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We Are Most Amused
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Ben Elton: The Get A Grip Tour Live
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Ben Elton: Live
As Himself
Ben Elton: Very Live
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The Many Faces of Ronnie Barker
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Rik Mayall: Lord of Misrule
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Laughs and Larrikins
Much Ado About Nothing
As Verges
Blackadder Rides Again
As himself
The Story of Bean
As himself
The London Studios: Home of the Stars
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How The Young Ones Changed Comedy
As (Archive Footage)
The Comic Relief Utterly Utterly Rude Video Live
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
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This Morning
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Alfresco
As Various
The One Show
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The Secret Policeman's Ball
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The Young Ones
As Baz
Get a Grip
Omnibus Presents Comic Relief
Stark
As CD
Enough Rope With Andrew Denton
Saturday Night Clive
Clive Anderson All Talk
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V Graham Norton
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The Heaven and Earth Show
There's Nothing to Worry About!
As Various
The Ben Elton Show
Comic Relief
Live from Studio Five
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Angela and Friends
Have You Been Paying Attention?
As Panellist
Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie
O.T.T.
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
Blackadder
As Anarchist
Going Live!
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Q&A
As Self - Panellist
Question Time
As Self - Panellist
Saturday Live
As Host
Filthy Rich & Catflap
As Art Exhibition Guest
The Chris McCausland Show
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French & Saunders
As Guest
Parkinson
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