Книга: Ben Elton «Blast From The Past»
Производитель: "Неизвестный" It`s two fifteen a. m., you`re in bed alone and you`re woken by the phone. Your eyes are wide and your body tense before it has completed so much as a single ring. And as you wake, in the tiny moment between sleep and consciousness, you know already that something is wrong. Only someone bad would call at such an hour. Or someone good, but with bad news, which would probably be worse. You lie there in the darkness and wait for the answer machine to kick in. Your own voice sounds strange as it tells you that nobody is there but that a message can be left. You feel your heart beat. You listen. And then you hear the one voice in the world you least expect . . . your very own Blast From the Past. ISBN:9780552998338 Издательство: "Неизвестный" (2014)
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Ben Elton
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Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English
Personal life
Elton was born in
Work
Television
His first television appearance was a stand-up performance on the BBC1 youth and music programme "The Oxford Roadshow". His first TV success though was at the age of 23 as co-writer of the television sitcom "The Young Ones", in which he occasionally appeared.
In 1983/84 he wrote and appeared in
In 1985 Elton began his successful writing partnership with
Elton and Curtis were inspired to write "
Elton and Curtis also wrote Atkinson's 1986 failure stage show, "The New Review", and
Elton became a stand-up comedian primarily to showcase his own writing, but became one of Britain's biggest selling live acts. [ [http://www.ourbrisbane.com/whatson/events/html/events/1/81818.html Brisbane - Ben Elton - Queensland Performing Arts Centre - ourbrisbane.com ] ] After a regular slot on "Saturday Live" — later moved and renamed "Friday Night Live" — which was seen as a UK version of the USA's "
In 1990 he starred in his own stand-up comedy and sketch series entitled "
"The Ben Elton Show" (1993) followed a format similar to that of "The Man from Auntie" and featured (somewhat incongruously)
In April 2007, "Get a Grip", a new show, began broadcasting on
In a 2007 interview with "
Behind the camera
Elton also wrote and produced "
He also wrote the six-part sitcom "Blessed", starring
Radio
Elton co-starred with
Novels
He has published twelve novels since 1989, all published by Black Swan (an imprint of
* "Stark" (1989)
* "Gridlock" (1991), UK No 1
* "This Other Eden" (1993), UK No 1
* "Popcorn" (1996), UK No 1 and Crime Writers' Association of Great Britain Gold Dagger Award for fiction
* "Blast from the Past" (1998), UK Top 5
* "Inconceivable" (1999), UK Top 5 (later made into a film, see below)
* "Dead Famous" (2001), UK Top 5
* "High Society" (2002), UK No 1 and WH Smith's People Choice Fiction Award
* "
* "
* "
* "Blind Faith" (2007)
Most of his books deal with significant topics of the time and arguably of the future; from Stark's themes of early environmental awareness to Blind Faith's analysis of today's
Films
Ben Elton had appeared in amateur dramatic productions as a youth, notably as
While previously appearing in bit parts in his own TV series, he began his professional film acting career when he starred as CD in "Stark", the Australian/BBC TV series adaptation of his novel, released in 1993. This ABC co-production was directed by
He played Verges to
Behind the camera
Elton wrote and directed the film adaptation of his novel "Inconceivable", which was released under the title "
Musicals
Elton collaborated with
Stage
Elton studied Drama at the University of Manchester and has written three West End plays.
* "Gasping" (1990) was first performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London. It starred Hugh Laurie and featured the voice of Stephen Fry.
* "Silly Cow" (1991) again performed at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, London. It was written for and starred
* "Popcorn" (1996) was adapted for the stage and went on a UK-wide tour. It also toured Australia in a production starring
* "Blast From the Past" (1998) was also adapted for the stage and was produced at the
Stand-up comedy
In 1981, when his live act took off, Elton was hired by The Comedy Store in London as its compère.
In 2005 Elton did his first stand-up tour since 1997, touring the UK with "Get a Grip". He toured Australia and New Zealand with the same show in 2006.
Awards
In 2007, Ben Elton was awarded an Honorary Rose for lifetime achievement at the Rose d'Or festival. He was also made a Companion of the
Criticism
Though in an earlier column, Young said that a good deal of the dislike of Elton "is attributable to sour grapes". It concluded that Elton "may not be everyone's cup of tea, but Britain would surely be a poorer place without him." [ [http://www.tobyyoung.co.uk/366/ben-elton.html Toby Young - Ben Elton profile] ]
Elton has also been criticised for writing a musical with Conservative Party supporter Andrew Lloyd Webber. In his defence, Elton has said "if I were to refuse to talk to Tories, I would narrow my social and professional scope considerably. If you judge all your relationships on a person's voting intentions, I think you miss out on the varieties of life." [ [http://film.guardian.co.uk/Feature_Story/feature_story/0,4120,326394,00.html Ben Elton live on our talkboards | | guardian.co.uk Film ] ]
Elton has also been criticised for co-writing a song that was performed at the inauguration of US President
He says of criticism towards him "I would have loved a honeymoon period, but I've been irritating journos from the beginning. Originally I was knocked for being too left-wing, and now apparently I've sold out and I'm too right-wing, but all the time I've been being me, and that certainly isn't the person I recognise in anything that's written about me." He denies being anti-establishment though, "I wrote a sitcom for the BBC when I was 21! How the fuck can I be anti-establishment? From the first interview I ever did, I talked about
References
External links
* [http://www.itv.com/getagrip "Get a Grip"] at
* [http://www.daisymedia.co.uk Podcast Interview with Ben Elton]
* [http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s1689423.htm Interview with Andrew Denton on ABC TV Australia]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20030703053546/www.corpses.comedynetuk.com/comment/ben_elton.htm Ben Elton Knows The Truth]
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* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/e/elton_ben.shtml BBC Comedy Guide - Ben Elton]
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Blast from the Past — may refer to:* Blast from the Past (film) (1999), a romantic comedy filmIn literature:* Blast from the Past (novel) (1998), a suspense novel by Ben Elton * Blast from the Past (1997), a James Bond short story by Raymond BensonTelevision… … Wikipedia
blast from the past — informal : something that reminds you of an earlier time Hearing that old song again was a real blast from the past. • • • Main Entry: ↑blast blast from the past see ↑blast, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑past … Useful english dictionary
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