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 =
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| 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
=Radio=
- ''Variety Bandbox (1940s–1950s)
- Radio Rinso (1950)
- The Starlight Hour (1950)
- Life with the Lyons (1951–1961)
- Festival of Britain (1951)
- Arthur's Inn (1952)
- Discord in Three Flats (1962)
=Television=
- Our House (1960)
- That's My Boy (1963)
- Crackerjack (1964–1973)
- Hey Presto It's Rolf (1966)
- Broaden Your Mind (1968–1969)
- Ken Dodd and the Diddymen (1969–1970)
- The Dave King Show (1969–1970)
- Dave Allen At Large (1970–1979)
- Pardon My Genie (1972–1973)
- Roberts Robots (1973–1974)
- Truscott's Luck
- Rentaghost (1975–1984)
- Grandad (1979–1984)
- Galloping Galaxies! (1985–1986)
=Music hall=
- Kindly Leave the Stage (1968)
External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0088689|name = Bob Block}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120323140212/http://www.bob-block-scriptwriter.co.uk/first_1.html Official Site via Wayback Archive]
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Category:British children's writers
Category:British radio writers
Category:British male screenwriters
Category:English television writers
Category:British male television writers
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