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
Doug MacLeod (TV writer) "Dogstar" which won him the inaugural John Hinde prize for science fiction in 2008. He is currently working on series two with co-writer Philip Dalkin. In 2008 Doug won the Fred Parsons Award for Contribution to Australian Comedy at the Australian Writer Guilds Awards. He is currently the writer of "Call Girl the Musical", with Tracy Harvey which has performed two seasons in Melbourne. With John Clarke, he co-wrote a musical adaptation of the children's book "Snugglepot and Cuddlepie", titled "The Adventures of Snugglepot & Cuddlepie and Little Ragged Blossom." He has written the following story books for children and