Ben Elton is an atheist. Elton studied at Stillness Junior School and Godalming Grammar School in Surrey, South Warwickshire College in Stratford-upon-Avon and the University of Manchester. His first television appearance was a stand-up performance on the BBC1 youth and music programme, The "Oxford Road Show". His first TV success, at 23, came as co-writer of the television sitcom, "The Young Ones", in which he occasionally appeared. In 1983/84 he wrote and appeared in Granada Television's sketch show "Alfresco", which was also notable for early appearances by Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Emma Thompson and Robbie Coltrane. In 1985, Elton produced his first
Wang Ben-hu TV, a Hokkien station. In December 2012, YAM TV laid off over half of its workforce, an action for which it was fined the next month. Wang died at the age of 63 in 2017, due to complications of bone marrow and intestinal cancer, at National Cheng Kung University Hospital in Tainan. Wang Ben-hu Wang Jui-cheng (; 6 December 1953 – 16 February 2017), known by his pen name Wang Ben-hu () was a Taiwanese writer and television presenter. Born in Tainan County, Wang began his writing career in the 1980s, during the Taiwanese literature movement. He worked closely with