The moment @robinince.bsky.social welcomes Nigel Planer and a surprise guest to celebrate #RikMayall.
Thank you Ben Elton for coming to #SlapstickFest25 ahead of being awarded the Aardman Comedy Legend award with Adam Hills this evening!
#bristololdvic #benelton #nigelplaner #theyoungones
Thank you Ben Elton for coming to #SlapstickFest25 ahead of being awarded the Aardman Comedy Legend award with Adam Hills this evening!
#bristololdvic #benelton #nigelplaner #theyoungones
February 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The moment @robinince.bsky.social welcomes Nigel Planer and a surprise guest to celebrate #RikMayall.
Thank you Ben Elton for coming to #SlapstickFest25 ahead of being awarded the Aardman Comedy Legend award with Adam Hills this evening!
#bristololdvic #benelton #nigelplaner #theyoungones
Thank you Ben Elton for coming to #SlapstickFest25 ahead of being awarded the Aardman Comedy Legend award with Adam Hills this evening!
#bristololdvic #benelton #nigelplaner #theyoungones
#AdamHills calling for more #BenElton to a roaring standing ovation 👏
February 16, 2025 at 10:36 PM
#AdamHills calling for more #BenElton to a roaring standing ovation 👏
October 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
🌿☕ Morning 🌞 I'm quiet at the moment as I have been lapping up #cheltlitfest #benelton #richardcurtis #joannalumley #emmafreud #markcavendish #almurray #jamesholland #markcavendish #kalebcooper #davidshrigley #katebryan
I'm out of breath!!
Still loads more to attend.. I am a total bookaholic 📚🌿👏
I'm out of breath!!
Still loads more to attend.. I am a total bookaholic 📚🌿👏
October 13, 2025 at 7:46 AM
🌿☕ Morning 🌞 I'm quiet at the moment as I have been lapping up #cheltlitfest #benelton #richardcurtis #joannalumley #emmafreud #markcavendish #almurray #jamesholland #markcavendish #kalebcooper #davidshrigley #katebryan
I'm out of breath!!
Still loads more to attend.. I am a total bookaholic 📚🌿👏
I'm out of breath!!
Still loads more to attend.. I am a total bookaholic 📚🌿👏
New Sketch card available. Dm to buy.
#TheYoungOnes
#art #sketchcard #originalart #Youngones #rikmayall #nigelplaner #christopherryan #adeedmondson #comedy #bbccomedy #benelton #cliffrichard #legend #mike #neil #rick #vyvyan #80s #british
#TheYoungOnes
#art #sketchcard #originalart #Youngones #rikmayall #nigelplaner #christopherryan #adeedmondson #comedy #bbccomedy #benelton #cliffrichard #legend #mike #neil #rick #vyvyan #80s #british
September 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
New Sketch card available. Dm to buy.
#TheYoungOnes
#art #sketchcard #originalart #Youngones #rikmayall #nigelplaner #christopherryan #adeedmondson #comedy #bbccomedy #benelton #cliffrichard #legend #mike #neil #rick #vyvyan #80s #british
#TheYoungOnes
#art #sketchcard #originalart #Youngones #rikmayall #nigelplaner #christopherryan #adeedmondson #comedy #bbccomedy #benelton #cliffrichard #legend #mike #neil #rick #vyvyan #80s #british
On this day in 1987, Filthy Rich and Catflap first aired on BBC2, written by #BenElton and featuring #RikMayall, #NigelPlanar and #AdeEdmondson!
January 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
On this day in 1987, Filthy Rich and Catflap first aired on BBC2, written by #BenElton and featuring #RikMayall, #NigelPlanar and #AdeEdmondson!
February 16, 2025 at 8:50 PM
October 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
June 21, 2024 at 7:50 AM
What a fabulous night @slapstickfest.bsky.social My dear friend #BenElton receiving @aardmananimations.bsky.social Comedy Legend Award! Loved hanging out with Harry! ❤️
February 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
What a fabulous night @slapstickfest.bsky.social My dear friend #BenElton receiving @aardmananimations.bsky.social Comedy Legend Award! Loved hanging out with Harry! ❤️
#BenElton the UK’s greatest living comedy writer and stand-up being brilliant as usual promoting his autobiography at #CheltLitFest aided by pal and partner in writing, Richard Curtis.
Joy. 😄
Joy. 😄
October 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
#BenElton the UK’s greatest living comedy writer and stand-up being brilliant as usual promoting his autobiography at #CheltLitFest aided by pal and partner in writing, Richard Curtis.
Joy. 😄
Joy. 😄
"I've just turned sixty-five, which is starting to feel really quite not young any more. My mother also died recently, leaving me a very old orphan...
If I am ever going to tell my story, I'd probably better get on with it."
- #BenElton
If I am ever going to tell my story, I'd probably better get on with it."
- #BenElton
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 PM
"I've just turned sixty-five, which is starting to feel really quite not young any more. My mother also died recently, leaving me a very old orphan...
If I am ever going to tell my story, I'd probably better get on with it."
- #BenElton
If I am ever going to tell my story, I'd probably better get on with it."
- #BenElton
I was also there for both performances. The support was an unknown then #BenElton. It was strange to see all these people in long overcoats around the town beforehand. It was an amazing day out. My first time I'd been to two gigs in one day.
On this day in 1983, I was at the RSC in Stratford to see Echo & Ye Bunnymen.
*not my flyer.
*not my flyer.
October 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I was also there for both performances. The support was an unknown then #BenElton. It was strange to see all these people in long overcoats around the town beforehand. It was an amazing day out. My first time I'd been to two gigs in one day.
Quotable - Ben Elton, born on 3 May 1959. Read more here: tinyurl.com/y9jdprr8 #benelton #quotes #botd
May 3, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Quotable - Ben Elton, born on 3 May 1959. Read more here: tinyurl.com/y9jdprr8 #benelton #quotes #botd
Make sure to listen to the latest episode of Podcasto Catflappo where Jeffers interviews the great Ben Elton.
Be a loobie and tell your friends about it too.
#podcast #benelton #filthyrichandcatflap
Be a loobie and tell your friends about it too.
#podcast #benelton #filthyrichandcatflap
November 10, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Make sure to listen to the latest episode of Podcasto Catflappo where Jeffers interviews the great Ben Elton.
Be a loobie and tell your friends about it too.
#podcast #benelton #filthyrichandcatflap
Be a loobie and tell your friends about it too.
#podcast #benelton #filthyrichandcatflap
#OnThisDay 12 January 1998 📺TV Listings
A tribute to #BennyHill in HEROES OF COMEDY.
#RobertCarlyle leads the cast of LOOKING AFTER JO JO.
GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME appears on BBC2 for the first time.
Robert Winston is the subject of THIS IS YOUR LIFE and #BenElton is FACE TO FACE.
A tribute to #BennyHill in HEROES OF COMEDY.
#RobertCarlyle leads the cast of LOOKING AFTER JO JO.
GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME appears on BBC2 for the first time.
Robert Winston is the subject of THIS IS YOUR LIFE and #BenElton is FACE TO FACE.
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
#OnThisDay 12 January 1998 📺TV Listings
A tribute to #BennyHill in HEROES OF COMEDY.
#RobertCarlyle leads the cast of LOOKING AFTER JO JO.
GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME appears on BBC2 for the first time.
Robert Winston is the subject of THIS IS YOUR LIFE and #BenElton is FACE TO FACE.
A tribute to #BennyHill in HEROES OF COMEDY.
#RobertCarlyle leads the cast of LOOKING AFTER JO JO.
GOODNESS GRACIOUS ME appears on BBC2 for the first time.
Robert Winston is the subject of THIS IS YOUR LIFE and #BenElton is FACE TO FACE.
Just seen #BenElton at #SwanseaGrandTheatre - what a great show! Did not just reconnect me with my youthful years - yes, Thatcher got couple of mentions - but scissored some of today’s taboos… Which? You’ll need to go & see him! Highly recommended! :-)
February 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Just seen #BenElton at #SwanseaGrandTheatre - what a great show! Did not just reconnect me with my youthful years - yes, Thatcher got couple of mentions - but scissored some of today’s taboos… Which? You’ll need to go & see him! Highly recommended! :-)
Remembering the legendary and anarchic genius #RikMayall, who passed away 12 years ago on 9th June 2014.
A throwback to last year's festival at Bristol Old Vic where Robin Ince spoke with Rik’s close friends and collaborators on #TheYoungOnes, #NigelPlaner and #BenElton.
📸 David Betteridge
A throwback to last year's festival at Bristol Old Vic where Robin Ince spoke with Rik’s close friends and collaborators on #TheYoungOnes, #NigelPlaner and #BenElton.
📸 David Betteridge
June 9, 2026 at 10:51 AM
Remembering the legendary and anarchic genius #RikMayall, who passed away 12 years ago on 9th June 2014.
A throwback to last year's festival at Bristol Old Vic where Robin Ince spoke with Rik’s close friends and collaborators on #TheYoungOnes, #NigelPlaner and #BenElton.
📸 David Betteridge
A throwback to last year's festival at Bristol Old Vic where Robin Ince spoke with Rik’s close friends and collaborators on #TheYoungOnes, #NigelPlaner and #BenElton.
📸 David Betteridge
Andy BenElton
June 24, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Andy BenElton
It's been 11 years since we lost creative genius Rik Mayall all too soon.
A pioneer of alternative comedy, we still feel honoured to have paid tribute at Slapstick Festival 2025 with #BenElton and #NigelPlaner, hosted by @robinince.bsky.social.
📸 David Betteridge
#rikmayall #theyoungones
A pioneer of alternative comedy, we still feel honoured to have paid tribute at Slapstick Festival 2025 with #BenElton and #NigelPlaner, hosted by @robinince.bsky.social.
📸 David Betteridge
#rikmayall #theyoungones
June 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It's been 11 years since we lost creative genius Rik Mayall all too soon.
A pioneer of alternative comedy, we still feel honoured to have paid tribute at Slapstick Festival 2025 with #BenElton and #NigelPlaner, hosted by @robinince.bsky.social.
📸 David Betteridge
#rikmayall #theyoungones
A pioneer of alternative comedy, we still feel honoured to have paid tribute at Slapstick Festival 2025 with #BenElton and #NigelPlaner, hosted by @robinince.bsky.social.
📸 David Betteridge
#rikmayall #theyoungones
10pm TODAY on @BBCTwo
From 2018, s3 Ep 6 of #BBC #Comedy📺 #UpstartCrow “Go On and I Will Follow” directed by #RichardBoden & written by #BenElton
🌟 #DavidMitchell #LizaTarbuck #HarryEnfield #PaulaWilcox #HelenMonks #RobRouse #GemmaWhelan #TimDownie #DominicColeman #MarkHeap
From 2018, s3 Ep 6 of #BBC #Comedy📺 #UpstartCrow “Go On and I Will Follow” directed by #RichardBoden & written by #BenElton
🌟 #DavidMitchell #LizaTarbuck #HarryEnfield #PaulaWilcox #HelenMonks #RobRouse #GemmaWhelan #TimDownie #DominicColeman #MarkHeap
BBC Two - Upstart Crow, Series 3, Go On and I Will Follow
As Will wrestles with temptation, a bigger threat to his family lurks in the wings.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
10pm TODAY on @BBCTwo
From 2018, s3 Ep 6 of #BBC #Comedy📺 #UpstartCrow “Go On and I Will Follow” directed by #RichardBoden & written by #BenElton
🌟 #DavidMitchell #LizaTarbuck #HarryEnfield #PaulaWilcox #HelenMonks #RobRouse #GemmaWhelan #TimDownie #DominicColeman #MarkHeap
From 2018, s3 Ep 6 of #BBC #Comedy📺 #UpstartCrow “Go On and I Will Follow” directed by #RichardBoden & written by #BenElton
🌟 #DavidMitchell #LizaTarbuck #HarryEnfield #PaulaWilcox #HelenMonks #RobRouse #GemmaWhelan #TimDownie #DominicColeman #MarkHeap
Talking Bottom visited @SlapstickFest to see the fantastic events with special guests Nigel Planer and Ben Elton discussing Rik Mayall's 'anarchic genius'. Listen to our podcast ep on it here: apple.co/4jPBUnN
#comedy #slapstick #rikmayall #nigelplaner #benelton #youngones
#comedy #slapstick #rikmayall #nigelplaner #benelton #youngones
April 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Talking Bottom visited @SlapstickFest to see the fantastic events with special guests Nigel Planer and Ben Elton discussing Rik Mayall's 'anarchic genius'. Listen to our podcast ep on it here: apple.co/4jPBUnN
#comedy #slapstick #rikmayall #nigelplaner #benelton #youngones
#comedy #slapstick #rikmayall #nigelplaner #benelton #youngones
#OnThisDay 8 December 1993 📺TV
Nick tells Natasha his secret in #GrangeHill.
#BenElton attempts to delay the coming of Armageddon as he stars in an adaptation of his novel STARK.
Who Killed Bobby The Builder? in SEAN'S SHOW, with #SeanHughes.
#ChrisTarrant hosts LOSE A MILLION.
Nick tells Natasha his secret in #GrangeHill.
#BenElton attempts to delay the coming of Armageddon as he stars in an adaptation of his novel STARK.
Who Killed Bobby The Builder? in SEAN'S SHOW, with #SeanHughes.
#ChrisTarrant hosts LOSE A MILLION.
December 8, 2024 at 6:21 PM
#OnThisDay 8 December 1993 📺TV
Nick tells Natasha his secret in #GrangeHill.
#BenElton attempts to delay the coming of Armageddon as he stars in an adaptation of his novel STARK.
Who Killed Bobby The Builder? in SEAN'S SHOW, with #SeanHughes.
#ChrisTarrant hosts LOSE A MILLION.
Nick tells Natasha his secret in #GrangeHill.
#BenElton attempts to delay the coming of Armageddon as he stars in an adaptation of his novel STARK.
Who Killed Bobby The Builder? in SEAN'S SHOW, with #SeanHughes.
#ChrisTarrant hosts LOSE A MILLION.