Chart Throb

Chart Throb

by Ben Elton (Author)

Synopsis

"Chart Throb" is the ultimate pop quest. Ninety five thousand hopefuls. Three judges. Just one winner. And that's Colin Simms, the genius behind the show. Colin always wins because Colin 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 Colin 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" is about one winner and a whole bunch of losers.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Bantam Press
Published: 06 Nov 2006

ISBN 10: 059305749X
ISBN 13: 9780593057490
Book Overview: A biting social satire of one of the world's most popular cultural phenomena from the bestselling author of The First Casualty.

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.
Author Bio
BEN ELTON's career as both performer and writer encompasses some of the most memorable and incisive comedy of the past twenty years. In addition to his hugely influential work as a stand-up comic, he is the writer of such TV hits as The Young Ones, Blackadder and The Thin Blue Line. Most recently he has written the BBC series Blessed on the subject of young parenthood. Elton has written three musicals, The Beautiful Game, We Will Rock You and Tonight's the Night and three West End plays. His internationally bestselling novels include The First Casualty (out in Black Swan paperback in April 2006) Popcorn, Inconceivable, Dead Famous and High Society. He wrote and directed the successful film Maybe Baby based on his novel Inconceivable starring Hugh Laurie and Joely Richardson.