Ben Elton

Through the ages of Britain, from the 15th century to the 21st, Edmund Blackadder has meddled his way along the bloodlines, aided by his servant and sidekick, Baldrick, and hindered by an assortment of dimwitted aristocrats....

A series of apparently random murders draws amiable old-school Detective Mick Matlock into a world of sex, politics, reality TV and a bewildering kaleidoscope of opposing identity groups....

As Trafford Sewell struggles to work through the usual crowds of commuters, he is confronted by the intimidating figure of his Parish Confessor....

It’s the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth....

Berlin 1920: Two babies are born. Two brothers. United and indivisible, sharing everything. Twins in all but blood....

Flanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet, is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines....

As his old class begins to reassemble in cyberspace, the years slip away and old feuds and passions burn hot once more....

The ultimate pop quest. Ninety-five thousand hopefuls. Three judges. Just one winner. And that’s Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show....

For amiable city trader Jimmy Corby money was the new rock n' roll. His whole life was a party, adrenaline charged and cocaine fuelled....

Based on the format of the American TV show Saturday Night Live, this home-grown comedy production was an enormous success....

A British officer and celebrated poet is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while recuperating....

Friday Night Live was a late night programme that pushed comedy on TV to new levels....

The war on drugs has been lost but for want of the courage to face the fact that the whole world is rapidly becoming one vast criminal network....

For Jimmy Corby money was the new Rock n' Roll. His whole life was a party, adrenalin charged and cocaine fuelled. If he hadn't met Monica he would probably have ended up either dead or in rehab...

It’s 2:15 a.m....

Chart Throb: the ultimate pop quest, with 95,000 hopefuls, three judges, and just one winner....

Imagine a world where everyone knows everything about everybody. Where what a person "feels" and "truly believes" is protected under the law....