| Programme Name: | Details: |
|---|---|
| 15 Minute Musical, The | ...BEN ELTON sells his soul to the devil, Andrew Lloyd Webber, in exchange for success.... |
| Alan Carr's Comedy Outings | ...Alan is in the heart of the African jungle. With clips from BEN ELTON and Lee Evans... |
| Alexei Sayle's Alternative Take | ...Alexei examines the influence of alternative comedy during the past 30 years and at the difficulties of taking what was an underground movement into the mainstream. With contributions from BEN ELTON, Harry Enfield, Jack Dee, Eddie Izzard, Lee Evans, Daniel Kitson and Josie Long ... |
| Angus Deayton's History Of Alternative Comedy | ...The second instalment of Deayton's four-part exploration of alternative comedy features BEN ELTON, French and Saunders, Tracey Ullman and Rik Mayall.... |
| Ben Elton Live | |
| Comic Relief - A Bunch Of Red Noses | ...Ewan McGregor presents the story of Comic Relief with the help of Lenny Henry, Griff Rhys Jones, Jonathan Ross, BEN ELTON, Richard Curtis, Emma Freud, Geri Halliwell, Stephen Fry and Julian Clary. Featuring songs, comedy and behind-the-scenes snippets.... |
| Cover Stories | ...BEN ELTON joins Richard Holloway to discuss his comic novel, Chart Throb. Plus news of who children across Scotland have voted for in the Scottish Children's Book Awards.... |
| Elaine Paige On Sunday | ...The star of The Sound of Music, Connie Fisher, pops in to chat about Jerry Herman's Mack and Mabel, Andrew Lloyd Webber and BEN ELTON's The Beautiful Game and Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel.... |
| Gloria Hunniford Show~blackadder | ...SBH:BEN ELTON interviewed about his work & first play 'Gasping'. Refs. to his family's attitude to his work & says it's time to give 'Blackadder' a rest. Interviewer: Gloria Hunniford. From The Gloria Hunniford Show.... |
| Green Guide To Life, The | ...The shows include some of the best stand up material from Jeff himself - the master of human observational comedy and the author of two highly successful books on the subject - plus clips of some of the best comedians around, including BEN ELTON, Victoria Wood, Les Dawson, Mike Harding, Rita Rudner, Lee Evans, Ardal O'Hanlon, Peter Kay, Jack Dee, Bill Bailey, Jo Brand, Dara O'Briain, Alan Carr and The Two Ronnies.... |
| I Will Not Let You Go - The Bohemian Rhapsody Story | ...Contributors include Brian May, Roger Taylor, members of Freddie Mercury's family (including his mum), BEN ELTON & members of the cast of We Will Rock You, record producer Roy Thomas Baker and others. Freddie is present through rare archive interview material.... |
| I Will Not Let You Go | ...Queen’s fourth charted single the - career-defining Bohemian Rhapsody - debuted 30 years ago this month. Radio 2 celebrates the anniversary with a full-throttle, detailed tribute complete with cover versions. Contributors include Brian May, Roger Taylor, BEN ELTON and producer Roy Thomas Baker. Plus archive input from Freddie Mercury, whose Family members speak.... |
| In Conversation With | ...BEN ELTON... |
| Inside The Brit Awards | ...Stuart Maconie goes behind the scenes at Britain's premier music awards ceremony and traces how a small industry event has become one of the most important dates in the British musical calendar. Featuring contributions from BEN ELTON, Damon Albarn, Boy George, Ant and Dec, Jamiroquai and musical highlights from previous Brit Award shows.... |
| Margaret Thatcher Ha Ha Ha | ...Clive Anderson examines the big event of May 1979, the birth of alternative comedy, and its connections with another development of the time, the election of Margaret Thatcher. He talks to comics from the time, such as BEN ELTON and Alexei Sayle, about whether Mrs Thatcher provoked a new form of committed comedy, and if so, who had the last laugh?... |
| Mary Whitehouse Experience, The | ...The Environment : The Obviously Not True Experience (Benny Hill/Ayatollah Khomeini) : Skint Video - 'Post Nuclear Love Song' : Jo Brand - Press Review Experience (Metal Hammer) : Rob Newman - BEN ELTON/Alf Garnett link : A Short History Of Evangelism : Mark Thomas - Sex : TV In Parliament : Punchline Competition - Bill Wyman/Mandy Smith : All Cosy At Home In The Family House (American audience). Additional cast: Mark Thomas, Jo Brand, Skint Video. Note: Repeated, July 1989.... |
| Mel And Sue's Comedy Breakdown | ...In the third programme, they investigate the great British pub. With contributions from BEN ELTON, Mark Steel, Sean Hughes, Sir Les Patterson and Jeremy Hardy ... |
| Monkhouse Archive, The | ...Bob Monkhouse returns with an eight-part series in which he looks into his comedy archives. 1: The world of politics, as seen through the eyes of David Frost, Ronnie Barker, BEN ELTON and Frankie Howerd.... |
| Museum Of Curiosity, The | Professor John Lloyd and Curators Bill Bailey (series 1) and Sean Lock (series 2) host a panel show in which three distinguished guests donate fascinating exhibits to a vast imaginary museum. Curios can range from a subatomic particle to the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. ...BEN ELTON, Fran Beauman, Prof Gary Sheffield.... |
| Musical Comedy Was My Dish | ...BEN ELTON explores a forgotten side of his greatest literary hero. P G Wodehouse wrote lyrics for hundreds of songs which appeared in many musical comedies. He worked with composers such as Jerome Kern and Cole Porter, making an invaluable contribution to the development of musical comedy on Broadway and in the West End.... |
| Routes Of English, The | ...BEN ELTON denies the charge of affecting a `mockney' accent when he joins Melvyn Bragg in discussion with Professor John Wells and Dr Lynda Mugglestone. Is `Estuary English' the new standard, is it a dialect, and where does it leave the old dialects?... |
| Swift Laugh, A | ...BEN ELTON does his celebrated 'motorway service station teapots' routine.... |
| Talking Comedy | ...Evans discusses his favourite comedians including Woody Allen, BEN ELTON, Robin Williams and Richard Pryor.... |
| Teenage Kicks | ...Ade Edmondson and BEN ELTON make their Radio 2 situation comedy debuts. Written by the team behind Radio 4’s hit series Vent, Teenage Kicks is the story of Vernon (Adrian Edmondson), an ageing Punk rocker. He moves into his teenage kids’ student flat after a spectacularly nasty divorce and he’s genuinely excited about his chance to be young again. His kids, Max (played by Spencer Brown), Milly (Holby City’s Kelly Adams) and their flatmate David (Jonathan Chan-Pensely) are mortified. On the thirtieth anniversary of Punk Teenage Kicks is also an opportunity to remind everyone of the great music of the late seventies.... |
| There'll Never Be Another | ...This programme charts the career of the inimitable Benny Hill, one of the most notorious and popular of British comedians. With contributions from Dennis Kirkland, Nicholas Parsons and BEN ELTON.... |
| Very Nearly An Armful - The Galton And Simpson Story | ...As well as hearing from the writers themselves, contributors to the documentary include David Mitchell, BEN ELTON, Denis Norden and Damaris Hayman. Archive interviewees include Tony Hancock, Sid James and Harry H Corbett.... |