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
TV Cream One! The Story of Comedy at Radio 1", a history of BBC Radio 1's comedy output, by contributor Tim "TJ" Worthington. TV Cream TV Cream is a British television nostalgia website, which has expanded to cover not only television, but film, toys, books, and other objects. "The Daily Telegraph" called it "a labour of love" and praised "the standard of the writing". in 2005, "The Sun"'s TV critic Ally Ross said "everyone who loves TV should worship at the altar" of this "genius, nostalgia site". In 2003, it was amongst the nominees for Yahoo! UK & Ireland as best comedy