Ben Elton

Already a successful comedian Ben Elton turned to writing situation comedies during the 1980s and penned BBC classics such as The Young Ones 1982 BlackAdder II 1986 Black Adder the Third 1987 Blackadder 4 1989 and during the 1990s The Thin Blue Line 1995 He provided lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webbers musical The Beautiful Game which was nominated for Best Musical at the Laurence Olivier Theatre Awards in 2001 2000 season His comedy Popcorn performed at the Apollo Theatre was awarded the 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Comedy of the 1997 season He and Andrew Lloyd Webber were awarded the 2000 London Critics Circle Theatre Award Drama for Best New Musical for The Beautiful Game performed at the Cambridge Theatre Has three children Bert Lottie and Fred Is cowriter of the Queen Musical We Will Rock You with the band itself He and Richard Curtis were offered the chance to write Police Academy The London Beat but turned it down Was a host of The Princes Trust 30th Birthday Live 2006 TV