Chart Throb

Chart Throb

by Ben Elton (Author)

Synopsis

Chart Throb.The ultimate pop quest. Ninety five thousand hopefuls. Three judges. Just one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. Calvin always wins because Calvin writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement upon the mingers, clingers and blingers whom he has pre-selected in his carefully scripted search for a star, he has no idea that the rules are changing. The real is about to be put back into reality television and Calvin and his fellow judges (the nation's favourite mum and the other bloke) are about to become ex-factors themselves. Ben Elton, author of Popcorn and Dead Famous returns to blistering comic satire with a savagely hilarious deconstruction of the world of modern television talent shows. Chart Throb. One winner. A whole bunch of losers.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 464
Edition: Airport / Export ed
Publisher: Transworld Publishers
Published: 04 Jun 2007

ISBN 10: 0552773778
ISBN 13: 9780552773775

Media Reviews
An absolute coup of black comedy.
- Daily Telegraph on Popcorn.

From the Trade Paperback edition.


An absolute coup of black comedy.
- Daily Telegraph on Popcorn.


From the Trade Paperback edition.
Another brilliantly savage, laugh-out-loud page-turner from Elton. OK Magazine
Author Bio
Ben Elton started his career as a stand-up comedian and branched out into plays, novels, and films. His three hit stage plays are Gasping, Silly Cow, and Popcorn, which won the Olivier Award for best comedy. He wrote and directed the feature film Maybe Baby, starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson, which was based on his novel Inconceivable. He has is also the author of Dead Famous, The First Casualty, and Past Mortem.