Ben Elton on Blackadder, Rik Mayall & The Young Ones

Richard Osman and Marina Hyde are joined by the sensational comedy writer Ben Elton for a wide ranging discussion about Blackadder, The Young Ones and his time working with Queen on ‘We Will Rock You’.

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00:00 Intro
01:56 How did Ben come up with The Young Ones and what was it like working with Rik Mayall?
20:58 How was working on Blackadder sold to you after the first series fell flat?
36:32 How much money would a streamer have to offer yourself, Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson to make another series of Blackadder?
41:47 What were Bryan May and Roger Taylor’s first reaction to your plot for ‘We Will Rock You’?
53:39 How do you have so much self-discipline when it comes to writing?
01:00:00 Outro

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