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) Doug MacLeod (TV writer) Doug MacLeod (born 13 October 1959) is a writer of books, television and theatre from Melbourne, Australia. Doug was a working writer for ABC Radio's comedy department in the 1980s, before spending two years as head writer of Network Ten's "The Comedy Company". He was a writer on the sketch comedy programs "Fast Forward" and "Full Frontal". He has been the script editor of "Kath & Kim" since the series commenced on the ABC. As a break from sketch comedy he co-wrote five episodes of "SeaChange" with Andrew Knight. He currently co-writes the animated children's series