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Ben Elton

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The Resume

    (May 3, 1959- )
    Directed the film 'Maybe Baby (2000)'
    Writer for the TV series 'The Young Ones,' 'Spitting Image,' 'Blackadder,' 'Mr Bean,' 'Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie,' 'The Thin Blue Line' and 'The Ben Elton Show'
    Wrote the books 'Stark,' 'Gasping,' 'Gridlock,' 'Silly Cow,' 'This Other Eden,' 'Blast From the Past,' 'Dead Famous,' 'High Society,' 'Inconceivable' and 'Popcorn'
    Wrote the story and scripts for stage musicals such as 'The Beautiful Game,' 'Tonight's the Night: Rod Stewart Musical' and 'We Will Rock You' (Queen musical)

Why he might be annoying:

    He publicly degraded one of his fan sites for getting some of his family's history incorrect.
    He refers to the internet as 'a load of techno-wank.'
    He often describes himself as a 'smug, earnest git.'
    He is very self-confident.
    British critics poorly received his directorial debut, citing it as infantile and moronic.
    His stand-up comedy acts are extremely graphic and vulgar.

Why he might not be annoying:

    At fifteen, he wrote his first play.
    At twenty-one he was the youngest ever scriptwriter to join the BBC.
    He is never afraid to back down from a public slinging match, or retaliate to a negative comment about him.
    He feels strongly about environmental issues, but stated in his novel 'Stark' 'I'm not a zealot. I don't think we should all have to wear hessian underwear and knit our yoghurt.'
    He attended Manchester University where he gained a degree in Drama.
    He won a BAFTA TV Award for 'Blackadder' in 1990.
    He shared a London Critics Circle Theatre Award with Andrew Lloyd Webber in 2000 for 'The Beautiful Game.'

Credit: The Gent


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 3 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 19 Votes: 68.42% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 68.75% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 67 Votes: 65.67% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 78 Votes: 71.79% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 96 Votes: 60.42% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 247 Votes: 64.78% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 212 Votes: 46.70% Annoying