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 Roberts (writer) Hands with the Devil" (1959) and "Midnight Lace" (1960); and in 1957, they shared an Academy Award nomination for their scriptwork on "Man of a Thousand Faces" (1957). Roberts and Ivan Goff were also executive producers for the weekly television series "Mannix" and "Nero Wolfe". Ben Roberts (writer) Benjamin Eisenberg Roberts (March 23, 1916 – May 12, 1984) was a film and television writer, producer and one of the creators of the "Charlie's Angels" and "Time Express" television series'. In 1958 he was nominated for an Academy Award for writing the Lon Chaney biopic "Man of a Thousand Faces". He