Writer, comedian and playwright Ben Elton burst on to the entertainment scene in the midst of the Alternative Comedy revolution of the early 1980’s co writing the cult anarchic sitcom The Young Ones alongside Rik Mayall and Lize Mayor. In 1985 Elton was put forward to update the variety format for eighties Britain when he secured a presenting role on Channel Four’s Saturday Live which made stars of Harry Enfield, Alexi Sayle and French and Saunders. With his on screen popularity growing, Ben was recruited by friend Richard Curtis to collaborate on the writing of the second series of the cult BBC2 sitcom Blackadder and remained a lead writer on the following three series. A reunion with Rowan Atkinson in the mid nineties resulted in the short-lived BBC sitcom The Thin Blue Line followed by securing his own BBC1 series alongside the legendary Ronnie Corbett. I caught up with the man of many talents to talk comedy, theatre and life back on the road. Ladies and gentlemen Mr Ben Elton.