Chart Throb: Ben Elton

Chart Throb - the ultimate pop quest! Ninety five thousand hopefuls...three judges...one winner. And that's Calvin Simms, the genius behind the show. He always wins because he writes the rules. But this year, as he sits in judgement on the Mingers, Clingers and Blingers who've been pre-selected in his careful 'search for a star', he's got no idea that the rules are changing. The 'real' is about to be put back in reality television and Calvin and his fellow judges are about to become EX-factors. Ben Elton successfully takes the mickey out of another televisual fad - the modern television talent show.