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 10 (2005 TV series) show is now out for the Nintendo DS, Wii, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. Another sequel series, "", premiered on April 23, 2010 and takes place 3–4 weeks after the finale of "Alien Force". This is the first Ben 10 video game, released in autumn 2007. Following the success of the "Ben 10" animated TV series and films, various "Ben 10" merchandise has been released for general sale. These items include "Ben 10" books, action figures, card games such as Top Trumps, toys, video games - notably "", bedding, and footwear. Ben 10 appears in Cartoon Network's online MMO "FusionFall".