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
Michael S. Moore Michael S. Moore Michael Stuart Moore (born May 5, 1974 in Cookeville, Tennessee) is an American comic book writer. Moore was born in Cookeville, Tennessee with both African-American and Brazilian ancestry. He took an early interest in writing and has read comics since he was seven years old. He began to write and submit stories to Eclipse Comics while still in high school, which were never published. Moore found success in 1997 after being signed on as a writer for Azteca Productions, and wrote and co-plotted the first issue of the Team Tejas series. He later became the writer for