Alternative comedy and sketch comedy, consisted of Manchester University and Royal Central School graduates Ade Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders, who began to aim their talents at television. As "The Comic Strip Presents", the group made over 40 television films for both Channel 4 and BBC. Ben Elton, who had by then become the Comedy Store's next MC, was invited by Rik Mayall to join him as co-writer of BBC2's TV hit sitcom "The Young Ones". However, it was as MC of Channel 4's new comedy show "Saturday Live" that Elton found fame in his own right.
Ben Lewis (writer) Ben Lewis (writer) Ben Lewis is a writer for theatre, radio and television, theatre director and performer, who trained at LAMDA. He co-created and directed "My Name Is Sue" (Soho Theatre/touring, Total Theatre Award 2009) and "The Village Social" (2011) with Dafydd James. Ben has also written two plays for BBC Radio 4: "Blue Sky Thinking" (9 September 2008) and "Tiny" (17 September 2010). He is co-Artistic Director of "Inspector Sands", and co-created its shows, "If That's All There Is" (Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Award 2009) and "Hysteria" (Total Theatre Award 2006), which have toured extensively in the UK and