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Ben Elton shares disappointing update on Blackadder reunion series

Rumours of a reunion have circulated for years following the show’s end

The Independent UK

Ben Elton: ‘I fancied Olivia Newton-John. It’s all right to say that about a third cousin, right?’

The standup talks about tensions behind the scenes of Blackadder, his Wiggles movie that never happened and his opinions on hecklers

The Guardian - AU

Ben Elton finds the funny side of 'authentic stupidity' in AI age

He takes aim at billionaires, politicians and resurgent fascism.

Newcastle Herald

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Funny man Ben Elton is mad ... and he's coming to Newcastle

His new live show is called Authentic Stupidity.

Newcastle Herald

Ben Elton: Authentic Stupidity review – bewildered boomer is a cross-gen hit

The indefatigable comic eschews the cliches of most middle-aged standups and skewers modern life with fairness and charm

The Guardian - UK

A Six follow-up, an LA clown … and War Horse rides again: theatre, comedy and dance autumn preview

Why Am I So Single sets dating angst to music; more Hollywood stars hit the West End; and a Brummie dance trilogy reaches its finale

The Guardian - UK

Ben Elton: ‘I often felt a one-man cliché in the 80s’

The comedian, 65, talks about Elton John, Cat Stevens, unrequited love and pious anti-sexist, anti-racist ranting

The Guardian - UK

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A cunning plan! Could Ben Elton bring back Blackadder?

More than 40 years after the unlucky antihero first appeared on TV screens, the writer who helped to bring him to life is thinking about a comeback

The Guardian - UK

Celebrities reveal their political allegiances, 1991

Ben Elton and Lenny Henry were backing Neil Kinnock; Bob Monkhouse and Steve Davis supported John Major

The Guardian - UK

Ben Elton announces first UK and Ireland stand-up comedy tour since 2019 – about human stupidity

The comic announced his 54-date schedule for his ‘Authentic Stupidity’ shows by declaring: “The verdict’s in! Humanity is thick!”

The Independent UK

TV tonight: Doctor Who star Ncuti Gatwa talks to Graham Norton

The new Time Lord is one of the guests on the long-running chatshow. Plus celebrities look back at the week’s TV. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Guardian - UK

Close-Up: The Twiggy Musical review – Ben Elton’s strange and sentimental snapshot

With a jarring tone and karaoke hits, this show never truly captures the highs and lows of the star’s life

The Guardian - UK

Close-Up: the Twiggy Musical at the Menier Chocolate Factory: a fumbled opportunity to celebrate a phenomenon

Ben Elton’s compilation musical is strident, obvious and enslaved to the punchline

Evening Standard

Ben Elton: ‘Any time period would make a good Blackadder with the right jokes’

The comedian and author on his new musical about Twiggy, remembering Rik Mayall, and why he’d like to have a word with Julian Fellowes

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The Independent UK

Twiggy: I did not plan to get into modelling

The model said she has spent her life doing things she did not expect to.

The Independent UK

Twiggy says she never planned to become a model: ‘I must be mad’

The Sixties fashion icon says she has done many ‘things that I didn’t plan to do’

The Independent UK

‘I’ve had worse reviews’ – Ben Elton defends calling Rishi Sunak a sociopath

The Blackadder writer has been criticised for his comments on BBC One’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg.

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Rose Ayling-Ellis superbly challenges perceptions of deafness

The former Strictly winner hosts an enlightening documentary. Plus: brand-new Long Lost Family: Born without Trace. Here’s what to watch tonight

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The National (Scotland)

'Soap box for the left': Tories fume at BBC as Rishi Sunak demolished by Ben Elton

AN excoriating takedown of Rishi Sunak on the BBC has triggered fury from Conservatives – who accused the broadcaster of becoming a “soap box…

The Independent UK

Ben Elton blasts Rishi Sunak as a ‘mendacious narcissistic sociopath’

The comedian said the PM owed the public honesty but Mr Sunak’s interview on the BBC’s Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg was just ‘dripping with vanity’.

The Independent UK

Row as Ben Elton uses BBC to label Sunak ‘narcissistic sociopath’

Row over use of comedians on political show, as Tories complain following Joe Lycett outburst nine months ago

Daily Mirror

Ben Elton skewers 'narcissistic sociopath' Rishi Sunak in extraordinary TV rant

The Blackadder writer and stand-up comedian said he was "depressed" and accused Mr Sunak of being "dripping with vanity" after the PM gave a disappointing "word salad" interview

The Guardian - UK

We Will Rock You review – Ben Elton stars as royally ridiculous Queen musical returns

Rousing songs but threadbare plot as Earth has been conquered, renamed iPlanet and – inexplicably – can only be saved by a band of rock’n’rollers

Evening Standard

We Will Rock You at the London Coliseum: we will rob you, more like

A lazy, exploitative piece of work

The Independent UK

Bafta watching US writers’ strikes closely, says boss on TV awards red carpet

The ceremony is taking place in London on Sunday.

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