Editing Ben Elton (section)

== Recognition and awards ==
===Personal honours===
Elton received an honorary doctorate in 2004 from the [[University of Manchester]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-08-12|title=Honorary encore for Ben|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/honorary-encore-for-ben-1154689|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Manchester Evening News|language=en}}</ref>

In 2007 he was awarded an Honorary Rose for lifetime achievement at the [[Rose d'Or|Rose d'Or festival]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2007-05-10|title=Channel 4 wins five Rose d'Or awards|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/may/10/channel4.broadcasting|access-date=2021-11-02|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> and was also made a Companion of the [[Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts]], in recognition of his work with students.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Catherine|date=2007-06-24|title=Macca school gong for star turns|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/music/macca-school-gong-star-turns-3510344|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Liverpool Echo|language=en}}</ref>

In September 2016, Elton was bestowed with a [[Honorary degree|Doctor of Arts ''honoris causa'']] by [[Edith Cowan University]] in [[Perth]].<ref>{{cite journal| url=https://www.waapa.ecu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/721382/InsideWAAPA_Issue_45_Web.pdf| title=Honorary degree for Ben Elton|issue=45| journal= Inside WAAPA| page= 5| date=September 2016}}</ref>

In June 2023 he was made a [[Member of the Order of Australia]] (AM), for "significant service to the entertainment industry as a comedian, actor, writer and director".<ref name=am/>

===Awards for works===
Elton has won three [[BAFTA]]s for Best Comedy Series, for ''The Young Ones'', ''Blackadder the Third'' and ''Blackadder Goes Forth''.  ''Popcorn'' and ''We Will Rock You'' each won an [[Laurence Olivier Awards|Olivier Award]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Olivier Winners 1998|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-1998/|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Olivier Awards|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Olivier Winners 2011|url=https://officiallondontheatre.com/olivier-awards/winners/olivier-winners-2011/|access-date=2021-11-02|website=Olivier Awards|language=en-GB}}</ref> and ''The Beautiful Game'' was awarded the Best Musical at the [[Critics' Circle Theatre Award|Critics' Circle Awards]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2001-02-15|title=Critics honour Beautiful Game|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1171982.stm|access-date=2021-11-02}}</ref> ''The Man From Auntie'' won him a Royal Television Society Writer's Award and ''The Thin Blue Line'' won a British Comedy Award as well as Jury Award at Reims.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ben Elton |url=https://alwshowlicensing.com/song-writer/ben-elton/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Andrew Lloyd Webber Show Licensing |language=en-US}}</ref> The 2022 revival of Channel 4's " Friday Night Live " won a Royal Television Society Award and BAFTA for Best Comedy Entertainment programme.

His books have won the Crime Writers Association [[Gold Dagger Award]] for Crime Fiction (''Popcorn''), the Swedish Kaliber Award (''Popcorn''), WH Smiths People's Choice Fiction Award (''High Society'') and Prix Polar International Crime Writer Award (''Amitiès Mortelles'' for ''Past Mortem'', French edition).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ben Elton |url=https://enhancentertainment.com.au/ben-elton/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Enhance Entertainment |language=en-AU}}</ref>