He played the part of Curly, (originally Rita's paperboy), from 1983 until 2003.Also a singer and musician, in May, 2000, he released a song and album named Bulldog Nation with his band The Bunch of Thieves. He also played the part of an ageing hippy...

He also hosted the game show Small Talk and has played minor parts occasionally since its end, notably Griselda, in a television production of Cinderella in 2000, and reviving his armchair monologue routines for a weekly appearance in a stand-up show...

Ben Elton ever writes another series of Blackadder, Reprobates ought to be top of his research list. Not because John Stubbs offers a daringly revisionist take on the English civil war. The book's subtitle notwithstanding, the war occupies rather fewer...

Written by award-winning comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Queen's guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, 'We Will Rock You' debuted in the West End in 2002 at its present location - the Dominion Theatre in Tottenham Court Road.

Author and comedian Ben Elton, who wrote the classic West End production, offered help and advice to budding actors at Sackville School ahead of their public performances this week. starstruck: Sackville School staff Gwen Rees, Louise Copus, Bill Lewis...

Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy rounded out the top five. In the British category, Connolly came first, beating double act Morecambe and Wise into second place. Victoria Wood came third, cross-dresser Eddie Izzard was fourth, and politically-charged...