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Feb 23, 2011 | The Independent

The comic in his scrapped sketch show 'Ben Elton: Live from Planet Earth'

When Ben Elton relocated to Australia in 2009, he hoped to rekindle the critical success that had deserted him in Britain.

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Mon Feb 14, 2011

Illawarra Mercury

Elton hits back at critics

Beleaguered comedian Ben Elton has hit back at the "glee and delight" of critics who pilloried his new show Live From Planet Earth, which rated poorly in its first outing last Tuesday.An impassioned Elton called the ABC's Jon Faine this morning to respond to critics ahead of the second instalment of his show tonight on Channel Nine.

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Tue Feb 08, 2011

AdelaideNow...

New show: Ben's 'earth-shattering flop'

Ben Elton Live From Planet Earth, which Twitter and Facebook users have labelled a flop.

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Wed Feb 02, 2011

The Age

Ben Elton is returning to his comic roots.

Ben Elton is returning to his comic roots in Live from Planet Earth. IF BEN Elton had a dollar for every time someone called him a "sell-out", he'd be a very rich man.

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