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
Ben Lewis (writer) Ben Lewis (writer) Ben Lewis is a writer for theatre, radio and television, theatre director and performer, who trained at LAMDA. He co-created and directed "My Name Is Sue" (Soho Theatre/touring, Total Theatre Award 2009) and "The Village Social" (2011) with Dafydd James. Ben has also written two plays for BBC Radio 4: "Blue Sky Thinking" (9 September 2008) and "Tiny" (17 September 2010). He is co-Artistic Director of "Inspector Sands", and co-created its shows, "If That's All There Is" (Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Award 2009) and "Hysteria" (Total Theatre Award 2006), which have toured extensively in the UK and