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.
Benny 'Ben' Harris Bedingfield and also famous American TV shows such as "The Young and the Restless". Benny has performed stand up comedy in London, Chicago and Los Angeles. Benny 'Ben' Harris Benny Harris is a comedic and dramatic actor from Essex, England who is now based in Los Angeles. He performed as a comedic actor in the UK and as a stand up comedian reaching the final 20 contestants in Jimmy Carr's Comedy Idol national competition in 2005. He relocated to Chicago in 2006 to study improv and sketch comedy writing at the legendary Second City Theatre. In 2007 he moved to