Bob Block

{{Short description|British radio and television comedy scriptwriter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Timothy Robert William Block

| birth_date = {{Death date|1921|07|20}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bob-block-scriptwriter.co.uk/first_1.html |title=Bob Block, comedy scriptwriter |date= |accessdate=2011-05-04 |archive-date=10 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910230221/http://www.bob-block-scriptwriter.co.uk/first_1.html |url-status=dead }}

| birth_place = Plymouth, England

| death_date = {{Death date|2011|04|17}} (aged 89){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/radio4/2011/05/bob_block_life_with_the_lyons.html |title=Radio 4 and 4 Extra Blog: Bob Block: Life with the Lyons on 4 Extra |date= |accessdate=2011-05-08}}

| death_place =

| death_cause =

| nationality = British

| occupation = Comedy scriptwriter

| years_active = 1950–1986{{cite web|url=http://www.bob-block-scriptwriter.co.uk/2.html |title=Bob Block Writing C.V. |date= |accessdate=2011-05-04}}

| known_for = Life with the Lyons, Rentaghost, Pardon My Genie, Robert's Robots

}}

Bob Block (20 July 1921 – 17 April 2011) was a British radio and television comedy scriptwriter.

Career

His earliest work was for radio, best known for co-writing the domestic sitcom Life with the Lyons for Ben Lyon, as well as working with Arthur Askey and Frankie Howerd.

Block was best known for writing television comedy series for children, including Pardon My Genie (1972–73), Robert's Robots (1974–75), Galloping Galaxies (1985) and the BBC's Rentaghost (1976–84).

Notable credits

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  • Kindly Leave the Stage (1968)

References