Ben Elton On Writing, Directing and Starring In ‘We Will Rock You’

This week Rob is joined by comedian, actor and director Ben Elton at the London Coliseum, home to the new run of "We Will Rock You", the electrifying musical featuring Queen's timeless music. Ben discusses how he feels about his stage acting debut, and how he was approached by Queen themselves to write the musical!

The pair also discussed legendary sitcom "The Young Ones," and Ben shares memorable moments from working with comedy icons Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson.

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[hoisin]

how is it not Sir Ben now? his services to comedy over our lifetime is unpresidented. My dad was film editor on Series 2 of the Young Ones which got me through school and beyond...wouldn't have happened without Ben. A legend.

[beakyfree]

The wit of Ben Elton is something to aspire to.

[GWills-ysrd]

It's so refreshing to discover that Ben Elton hasn't changed at all despite the passing of time. He still has 'that' glint in his eyes. The show must go on! 😉

[AdamS]

The most interesting and enjoyable episode yet! I hope Ben understands just how important The Young Ones truly is. I’m middle aged but still quote lines from those magical 12 episodes on a weekly basis. Judge away…
What an extraordinary man Ben is - his effort to be as truthful as possible was very evident, and very impressive.
Brilliant stuff 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[campervannie]

Love Ben Elton! Love remembering Rick Mayall ❤️

[paulburton]

This is the best of your interviews to date. I really enjoyed that. Yes, volume 2 soon, please!

[shaolinpunkFTW]

Ben Elton is such a legend and shares the same birthday as me too :p

[annala]

Rob and Ben discussing Queen and "The Young Ones". I am here for it! So glad these have returned.

[ThePhudD]

Ben took so much flak for the Queen musical, thank jebus it hasn’t stifled his muse. He’s had as much cultural impact as the Pythons. Top interview. Thanks Rob.

[philn]

More of this please, what an interesting conversation 👌

[TicTaxx]

Great interview. Life long Queen fan and big fan of Ben (Stark and This Other Eden are two of my all time favourite books) so this was a great 25 minutes of YouTube

[nicholasjohnson]

I was in a restaurant in Portugal with the family a few years ago, went to the toilet and when I got back, Cliff was sitting at the next table about 2 yards away from me. And my first reaction was to think, 'Look out, Cliff'.

Grew up on The Young Ones, this was such a lovely chat. Once you've been heavily involved in Blackadder and The Young Ones, you have absolutely nothing left to prove. Genius.

[BenJandrell]

What a superb sharing of intellect, whit and warmness from both Ben and Rob 🤟

[DerekBolli]

"The Young Ones" was the Goon Show for Gen Xers like me. Great fun at school in Wellington NZ doing all the voices and trading favourite lines and catchphrases with schoolmates 👍 Thanks Ben

[evenstrained]

I am so happy to see your newest interviews. Really great work. All the best.

[SuperTonywilliams]

Please do another with Ben, so interesting and so many more stories to tell. Great podcast Rob, thanks 👍

[Rasperdan]

After growing up with The Young Ones and at the time being a "Young Adult" I was a huge fan of Ben Elton. Then he just dropped off the radar and I remember feeling like success turned him into the type of person he used to criticise. Now I am a "Young Pensioner" I can see he just moved on to other projects.
Thank you Rob, Listening to Ben again has been a breath of fresh air. Watching you both riffing a little and enjoying a good conversation has been an absolute great pod cast.

[ShipsCaptain-xcyx]

It’s amazing how he goes from an action movie character to an interviewer.

[adamsaundersrocks]

Great to see Ben Elton speak. 25 minutes not enough. Genius. I'm taking 'This Other Eden' off the shelf for a revisit. It's been too long!

[susanjames]

Fabulous! Thank you, thank you, thank you 🙏❤️