CWA KAA Gold Dagger
1 appearances
-
Edition 42 (1996) Winner
Ben Elton
ベン・エルトン
Ben Eruton
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959-05-03 （Fitzrovia, London, England）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, Australia
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Atheist
- Residence History
- Catford, South London → Guildford, Surrey → North Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia → East Sussex, England
Career
- Occupations
- comedian, writer, actor, director, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1981-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Manchester | Drama | Theatre Studies | upper second-class honours | 1977-1980 | United Kingdom |
| South Warwickshire College | — | Theatre | A-levels | — | United Kingdom |
| Godalming Grammar School | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of Manchester
Drama
/ Theatre Studies
Degree:
upper second-class honours
Period:
1977-1980
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
United Kingdom
Met Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson
South Warwickshire College
Theatre
Degree:
A-levels
Country:
United Kingdom
Left home at 16 to study theatre
Godalming Grammar School
Country:
United Kingdom
Surrey
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | BAFTA | The Young Ones | Best Comedy Series | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | 受賞 |
| 1988 | BAFTA | Blackadder the Third | Best Comedy Series | British Academy | 受賞 |
| 1990 | BAFTA | Blackadder Goes Forth | Best Comedy Series | British Academy | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Olivier Award | Popcorn | Best Comedy | — | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Olivier Award | We Will Rock You | Best New Musical | — | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Rose d'Or | — | Lifetime Achievement | — | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Member of the Order of Australia | — | — | Australian Government | AM |
BAFTA
1984
Work:
The Young Ones
Category:
Best Comedy Series
Organization:
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Result:
受賞
BAFTA
1988
Work:
Blackadder the Third
Category:
Best Comedy Series
Organization:
British Academy
Result:
受賞
BAFTA
1990
Work:
Blackadder Goes Forth
Category:
Best Comedy Series
Organization:
British Academy
Result:
受賞
Olivier Award
1998
Work:
Popcorn
Category:
Best Comedy
Result:
受賞
Olivier Award
2002
Work:
We Will Rock You
Category:
Best New Musical
Result:
受賞
Rose d'Or
2007
Category:
Lifetime Achievement
Result:
受賞
Member of the Order of Australia
2023
Organization:
Australian Government
Result:
AM
Awards & Nominations
Best Crime Novel in Swedish Translation
1 appearances
-
Edition 33 (2003) Winner
Works
Major Works
Stark
1989 DystopianDystopian novel
dystopiapolitical satire
Adaptations
- [TV miniseries] Stark / Nadia Tass (1993)
Gridlock
1991 ComedyNovel about traffic gridlock
social satire
The Young Ones
1982 SitcomIconic alternative comedy sitcom, co-written
youth cultureanarchy
Blackadder
1983 Historical comedyPopular series co-written with Richard Curtis
historical satire
Bibliography
- Stark (1989), Gridlock (1991), This Other Eden (1993), Popcorn (1996), Blast from the Past (1998), Inconceivable (1999), Dead Famous (2001), High Society (2002), Past Mortem (2004), The First Casualty (2005), Chart Throb (2006), Blind Faith (2007), Meltdown (2010), Two Brothers (2012), Time and Time Again (2014), Identity Crisis (2019), What Have I Done? (2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- political satirewitty dialoguesatirical comedy
- Recurring Motifs
- left-wing politicsdystopian societiessocial critique
Legacy
Key figure in 1980s alternative comedy. Successful in TV, stage, and novels.
In Popular Culture
- Distant cousin of Olivia Newton-John
Quotes
-
I loved the theatre and I knew I wanted to be involved in story telling and the public arts.
Source: Guildford event (2013) -
The first hundred pages of any book about the world war are hilarious, then of course everybody dies.
Source: On Blackadder Goes Forth
Trivia
- Uncle is historian Sir Geoffrey Elton
- Father is physicist Lewis Elton
- Third cousin of Olivia Newton-John
- Atheist
- Holds Australian citizenship