Period 1982–present | Role Writer Name Rob Grant | |
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Genre Comedy, drama, adventure, science fiction Books Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcome, Better Than Life, Incompetence, Backwards, Colony Similar People Doug Naylor, Chris Barrie, Norman Lovett, Hattie Hayridge, Danny John‑Jules | ||
Education University of Liverpool | ||
Rob grant carpool
Robert Grant is an English comedy writer and television producer, who was born in Salford and studied Psychology at Liverpool University for two years.
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- Rob grant carpool
- Colony Part 1 Written by Red Dwarf Co Writer Rob Grant Read by Mark Williams
- References
In the mid-1980s, Grant collaborated with co-writer Doug Naylor on radio programmes such as Cliché and its sequel Son Of Cliché, Wrinkles for Radio 4 and television programmes such as Spitting Image, The 10 Percenters, and various projects for Jasper Carrott.
The 'Grant Naylor' collaboration, as it had become known, created the cult science-fiction comedy series, Red Dwarf, which evolved from Dave Hollins: Space Cadet, a recurring sketch within Son Of Cliché. Grant was briefly seen (uncredited) in an episode of Red Dwarf entitled "Backwards" (1989), as a man who 'un-smoked' a cigarette.
In the mid-1990s, the 'Grant Naylor' collaboration was ended when Grant left Red Dwarf after the sixth series, citing creative differences ("... it was basically 'musical differences' ...") with Doug Naylor. His main reason however, he said, was that he 'wished to have more on his 'tombstone' than Red Dwarf on its own'.
Since Red Dwarf, Grant has written two television series, The Strangerers and Dark Ages, and four solo novels, his most recent being Fat, a satirical look at how obesity is looked upon by society and the media.
Grant has also performed on the stand-up comedy circuit.