Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie

Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie is a British television comedy series written and performed by Ben Elton. The title of the series was a play on words of the American spy series The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,^[1] and "Auntie", an informal name for the BBC.

Ben Elton: The Man from Auntie
Genre	Comedy
Written by	Ben Elton
Directed by	John Burrows
Presented by	Ben Elton
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
No. of series	2
No. of episodes	12
Production
Producer	Geoffrey Perkins
Running time	30 mins
Original release
Network	BBC1
Release	15 February 1990 (1990-02-15) – 10 March 1994 (1994-03-10)

The first series aired on BBC1 in 1990. A second series with a slightly different format was aired four years later in 1994.^[2]

The series was primarily based on Elton's stand-up comedy routines, with his monologues interspersed with occasional filmed sketches and parodies, as well as soundbites from chinface "potato heads".^[2] Another regular segment were "Farties' Guides" to such tasks as catching a train or setting up home—Elton described "Farties" as "you and me"—ordinary people endeavouring to make it through life despite the efforts of entities such as the "body conspiracy" and the Ministry of Crap Design.