Ben Elton





Ben Elton

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May 03, 1959 in London, The United Kingdom

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Ben Elton was born on 3 May 1959, in Catford, South London. The youngest of four, he went to Godalming Grammar school, joined amateur dramatic societies and wrote his first play at 15. He wanted to be a stagehand at the local theatre, but instead did A-Level Theatre Studies and studied drama at Manchester University in 1977.

His career as both performer and writer encompasses some of the most memorable and incisive comedy of the past twenty years. His ground breaking work as a TV stand-up comedian set the (high) standard of what was to follow. He has received accolades for his hit TV sit-coms, The Young Ones, Blackadder and The Thin Blue Line.

More recently he has had successes with three hit West End musicals, including the global phenomen...more


Average rating: 3.53 · 15,196 ratings · 1,095 reviews · 27 distinct works
Dead Famous
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 2,265 ratings — published 2001 — 14 editions
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High Society
3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 1,444 ratings6 editions
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Popcorn
3.37 of 5 stars 3.37 avg rating — 1,545 ratings — published 1996 — 14 editions
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Past Mortem
3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 1,166 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions
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Blind Faith
3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 1,125 ratings — published 2007 — 10 editions
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Stark
3.52 of 5 stars 3.52 avg rating — 1,159 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions
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Inconceivable
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 1,213 ratings — published 1999 — 18 editions
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Chart Throb
3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 1,091 ratings — published 2006 — 9 editions
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The First Casualty
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 810 ratings — published 2005 — 9 editions
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Gridlock
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 941 ratings — published 1991 — 11 editions
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“This calls for a very special blend of psychology and extreme violence.”
Ben Elton, Bachelor Boys: The Young Ones Book

“The internet was supposed to liberate knowledge, but in fact it buried it, first under a vast sewer of ignorance, laziness, bigotry, superstition and filth and then beneath the cloak of political surveillance. Now...cyberspace exists exclusively to promote commerce, gossip and pornography. And of course to hunt down sedition. Only paper is safe. Books are the key. A book cannot be accessed from afar, you have to hold it, you have to read it.”
Ben Elton, Blind Faith

“Kingsley watched her disappear from the room, wondering if his heart would break. Logic informed him that of course it would not. The heart was no more than a muscle, a pump which distributed blood about the body; it had nothing whatsoever to do with a man's emotions. But if that was the case, why did it ache so?”
Ben Elton, The First Casualty

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