Bob Block Explained

Timothy Robert William Block
Birth Date:	^[1]
Birth Place:	Plymouth, England
Death Date:	(aged 89)^[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

• • Official Site via Wayback Archive

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bob Block, comedy scriptwriter . 2011-05-04 . 10 September 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110910230221/http://www.bob-block-scriptwriter.co.uk/first_1.html . dead .
2. Web site: Radio 4 and 4 Extra Blog: Bob Block: Life with the Lyons on 4 Extra . 2011-05-08.
3. Web site: Bob Block Writing C.V. . 2011-05-04.