Bob Block

British radio and television comedy scriptwriter

Timothy Robert William Block
Born	(1921-07-20)July 20, 1921^[1] Plymouth, England
Died	(2011-04-17)April 17, 2011 (aged 89)^[1]^[2]
Nationality	British
Occupation	Comedy scriptwriter
Years active	1950–1986^[3]
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.^[3]

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

Bob Block at IMDb
Official Site via Wayback Archive

References

^ ^a ^b "Bob Block, comedy scriptwriter". Archived from the original on 10 September 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2011.
^ "Radio 4 and 4 Extra Blog: Bob Block: Life with the Lyons on 4 Extra". Retrieved 8 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Bob Block Writing C.V." Retrieved 4 May 2011.