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
Mike Sussman (TV series writer/producer) Mike Sussman (TV series writer/producer) Mike Sussman (born June 22, 1967) is an American television writer and producer. He is best known as a writer and producer of the "Star Trek" franchise and as the Co-Creator and Executive Producer of the TNT one-hour drama "Perception", starring Emmy Award-winner Eric McCormack as a crime-solving neurologist. " Sussman was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but as a child he moved with his family first to New Jersey and finally to Sarasota, Florida. He was a fan of "Star Trek" from an early age, and was involved in letter writing campaigns to local television