Bob Block

Bob Block
Born	July 20, 1921(1921-07-20) Plymouth, England
Died	April 17, 2011(2011-04-17) (aged 89)
Nationality	British
Occupation	Comedy scriptwriter
Years active	1950–1986
Known for	Life with the Lyons, Rentaghost

Bob Block (20 July 1921 – 17 April 2011) was a British radio, television and film 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 long-running 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 the Internet Movie Database