Ben Elton Ben Elton Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, author, playwright, actor and director. He was a part of London's alternative comedy movement of the 1980s and became a writer on series such as "The Young Ones" and "Blackadder", as well as continuing as a stand-up comedian on stage and television. His style in the 1980s was left-wing political satire. Since then he has published 15 novels and written the musicals "We Will Rock You" (2002) and "Love Never Dies" (2010), the sequel to "The Phantom of the Opera". His novels cover the dystopian, comedy, and
Ben Richards (writer) novels are "Throwing the House out of the Window" (1996), "Don't Step on the Lines" (1997), "The Silver River" (1999), "A Sweetheart Deal" (2001), "The Mermaid and the Drunks" (2004) and "Confidence" (2006). He also contributed to the New Puritans anthology of 2000. As a screenwriter, Richards has written for the BBC ("Spooks" and "Party Animals"), ITV ("The Fixer") and Channel 4 ("No Angels"). He is the creator and writer of "Outcasts". He has also written for the British/French crime drama television series "The Tunnel". Ben Richards (writer) Ben Richards (born 1964) is an English writer. Before writing novels and