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| caption = Grant at a book signing.
| caption = Grant in 2004
| birth_name = Robert Grant
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| birth_place = [[Salford]], [[Greater Manchester]], England
| birth_place = [[Salford]], Greater Manchester, England
| occupation = Novelist, screenwriter and television producer.
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| period = 1982–present
| period = 1982–present
| genre = Comedy, drama, adventure, science fiction
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'''Robert Grant''' is an English [[comedy]] writer, [[television producer]] and co-creator of ''[[Red Dwarf]]''. Since ''Red Dwarf'', Grant has written two television series, ''[[The Strangerers]]'' and ''[[Dark Ages (TV series)|Dark Ages]]'', and four solo novels, his most recent being ''[[Fat (novel)|Fat]]''. During his career Grant has been involved in two distinct writing partnerships: the first with [[Doug Naylor]], and the second and most recent with [[Andrew Marshall (screenwriter)|Andrew Marshall]].
'''Robert Grant''' is an English comedy writer, [[television producer]] and co-creator of the ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' comedy franchise. Since ''Red Dwarf'', Grant has written two television series, ''[[The Strangerers]]'' and ''[[Dark Ages (TV series)|Dark Ages]]'', and four solo novels, his most recent being ''[[Fat (novel)|Fat]]''. During his career Grant has been involved in two distinct writing partnerships: the first with [[Doug Naylor]], and the second and most recent with [[Andrew Marshall (screenwriter)|Andrew Marshall]].


==Early life==
==Early life==
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==Career==
==Career==
In the mid-1980s, Grant collaborated with co-writer [[Doug Naylor]] on radio programmes such as ''[[Cliché (radio series)|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]].
In the mid-1980s, Grant collaborated with co-writer [[Doug Naylor]] on radio programmes such as ''[[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 (Red Dwarf episode)|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]].<ref name="Rob Grant on CarPool at 21:07">{{cite web | url =http://blip.tv/file/3138359 | title =Rob Grant on CarPool at 21:07 | publisher =blip.tv/file/3138359 | accessdate =2010-02-17 | url-status =dead | archiveurl =https://web.archive.org/web/20100810074757/http://blip.tv/file/3138359 | archivedate =2010-08-10 }}</ref> His main reason however, he said, was that he 'wished to have more on his 'tombstone' than ''Red Dwarf'' on its own'.
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 (Red Dwarf episode)|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]].<ref name="Rob Grant on CarPool at 21:07">{{cite web | url =http://blip.tv/file/3138359 | title =Rob Grant on CarPool at 21:07 | publisher =blip.tv/file/3138359 | access-date =2010-02-17 | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100810074757/http://blip.tv/file/3138359 | archive-date =2010-08-10 }}</ref> His main reason however, he said, was that he "wished to have more on his 'tombstone' than ''Red Dwarf'' on its own".


In 2018, Grant collaborated with [[Andrew Marshall (screenwriter)|Andrew Marshall]] to produce, direct and write the BBC Radio 4 Series, "[[The Quanderhorn Xperimentations]]" - and also the novel version published by [[Victor Gollancz Ltd|Gollancz Publishers]].
In 2018, Grant collaborated with [[Andrew Marshall (screenwriter)|Andrew Marshall]] to produce, direct and write the BBC Radio 4 Series, "[[The Quanderhorn Xperimentations]]" - and also the novel version published by [[Victor Gollancz Ltd|Gollancz Publishers]].

In 2021, it was announced that Grant had written a short Red Dwarf script, ''Into the Gloop'', which was performed live via Zoom on the 7th February 2021 as part of the Official Red Dwarf Fan Club's Holly Hop convention.<ref>{{cite web |title=Into The Gloop And Beyond |url=https://reddwarf.co.uk/news/2021/02/19/into-the-gloop-and-beyond/ |website=Red Dwarf - The Official Website |access-date=24 October 2022}}</ref>


==Writing credits==
==Writing credits==
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|''[[Carrott's Lib]]''
|''[[Carrott's Lib]]''
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|
*Unknown episodes (1982)
* Unknown episodes (1982)
|[[BBC1]]
|[[BBC1]]
|-
|-
|''Pushing Up Daisies''
|''Pushing Up Daisies''
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|
*Unknown episodes (1984)
* Unknown episodes (1984)
|[[Channel 4]]
|[[Channel 4]]
|-
|-
|''[[Spitting Image]]''
|''[[Spitting Image]]''
|
|
*16 episodes (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1985–1986)
* 16 episodes (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1985–1986)
|[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
|[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
|-
|-
|''[[Comic Relief]]''
|''[[Comic Relief]]''
|
|
*"Spitting Image's Royal Address" (co-written with Doug Naylor, Ian Hislop, Nick Newman and Geoffrey Perkins, 1986)
* "Spitting Image's Royal Address" (co-written with Doug Naylor, Ian Hislop, Nick Newman and Geoffrey Perkins, 1986)
|BBC1
|BBC1
|-
|-
|''Spitting Image: Down and Out in the White House''
|''Spitting Image: Down and Out in the White House''
|
|
*Television film (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1986)
* Television film (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1986)
|ITV
|ITV
|-
|-
|''Spitting Image: The Ronnie and Nancy Show''
|''Spitting Image: The Ronnie and Nancy Show''
|
|
*Short film (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1987)
* Short film (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1987)
|ITV
|ITV
|-
|-
|''Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards''
|''Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards''
|
|
*Television film (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1987)
* Television film (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1987)
|ITV
|ITV
|-
|-
|''[[Red Dwarf]]''
|''[[Red Dwarf]]''
|
|
*36 episodes (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1988–1995)
* 36 episodes (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1988–1995)
|[[BBC2]]
|[[BBC2]]
|-
|-
|[[Red Dwarf#U.S. version|Red Dwarf USA]]
|[[Red Dwarf#U.S. version|Red Dwarf USA]]
|
|
*Unaired pilot (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1992)
* Unaired pilot (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1992)
|[[NBC]]
|[[NBC]]
|-
|-
|''Carlton Playhouse''
|''Carlton Playhouse''
|
|
*"The 10%ers: Pilot" (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1993)
* "The 10%ers: Pilot" (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1993)
|ITV
|ITV
|-
|-
|''[[Dark Ages (TV series)|Dark Ages]]''
|''[[Dark Ages (TV series)|Dark Ages]]''
|
|
*"Vikings" (1999)
* "Vikings" (1999)
*"Vile Vole Pie" (1999)
* "Vile Vole Pie" (1999)
*"War" (1999)
* "War" (1999)
*"The End of the World" (1999)
* "The End of the World" (1999)
*"Witch" (1999)
* "Witch" (1999)
|ITV
|ITV
|-
|-
|''[[The Strangerers]]''
|''[[The Strangerers]]''
|
|
*9 episodes (2000)
* 9 episodes (2000)
|[[Sky One]]
|[[Sky One]]
|}
|}


== Bibliography ==
==Bibliography==
*''[[Red Dwarf (book)|Red Dwarf]]'' (1989), co-written with Doug Naylor (published under the joint pseudonym [[Grant Naylor]]); sometimes referred to as ''Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers''.
* ''[[Red Dwarf (book)|Red Dwarf]]'' (1989), co-written with Doug Naylor (published under the joint pseudonym [[Grant Naylor]]); sometimes referred to as ''Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers''.
*''[[Better Than Life]]'' (1990), co-written with Doug Naylor (published under the joint pseudonym [[Grant Naylor]]).
* ''[[Better Than Life]]'' (1990), co-written with Doug Naylor (published under the joint pseudonym [[Grant Naylor]]).
*''Primordial Soup'' (1993), co-written with Doug Naylor (collection of scripts from the TV show Red Dwarf)
* ''Primordial Soup'' (1993), co-written with Doug Naylor (collection of scripts from the TV show Red Dwarf)
*''Son Of Soup'' (1996), co-written with Doug Naylor (second volume of Red Dwarf scripts)
* ''Son Of Soup'' (1996), co-written with Doug Naylor (second volume of Red Dwarf scripts)
*''Scenes From The Dwarf'' (1996), co-written with Doug Naylor (Making of Red Dwarf)
* ''Scenes From The Dwarf'' (1996), co-written with Doug Naylor (Making of Red Dwarf)
*''[[Backwards (novel)|Backwards]]'' (1996), a sequel to ''[[Better Than Life]]''.
* ''[[Backwards (novel)|Backwards]]'' (1996), a sequel to ''[[Better Than Life]]''.
*''[[Colony (Rob Grant novel)|Colony]]'' (2000), a science fiction story about a colony that has long since lost its way.
* ''[[Colony (Rob Grant novel)|Colony]]'' (2000), a science fiction story about a colony that has long since lost its way.
*''[[Incompetence (book)|Incompetence]]'' (2003), a wry detective story set in the near future where it is illegal to discriminate for any reason, even incompetence.
* ''[[Incompetence (book)|Incompetence]]'' (2003), a wry detective story set in the near future where it is illegal to discriminate for any reason, even incompetence.
*''[[Fat (novel)|Fat]]'' (2006), a darkly comic novel about how the media portrays [[obesity]] and its effects on today's society.
* ''[[Fat (novel)|Fat]]'' (2006), a darkly comic novel about how the media portrays [[obesity]] and its effects on today's society.
*''[[The Quanderhorn Xperimentations]]'' (2018), with [[Andrew Marshall (screenwriter)|Andrew Marshall]], a science fiction story set in 1952 with echoes of [[Bernard Quatermass|Quatermass]].
* ''[[The Quanderhorn Xperimentations]]'' (2018), with [[Andrew Marshall (screenwriter)|Andrew Marshall]], a science fiction story set in 1952 with echoes of [[Bernard Quatermass|Quatermass]].
*''The Nether Regions'' (2019), with Andrew Marshall ([[BBC Radio 4]])
* ''The Nether Regions'' (2019), with Andrew Marshall ([[BBC Radio 4]])


== References ==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.robgrant.co.uk/ Official website]
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Latest revision as of 20:59, 7 January 2024

For other people named Rob Grant, see Rob Grant (disambiguation).

Rob Grant
Grant in 2004
Grant in 2004
BornRobert Grant
Salford, Greater Manchester, England
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • screenwriter
  • television producer
Alma materLiverpool University
Period1982–present
Genre
  • Comedy
  • drama
  • adventure
  • science fiction
Website
robgrant.co.uk

Robert Grant is an English comedy writer, television producer and co-creator of the Red Dwarf comedy franchise. Since Red Dwarf, Grant has written two television series, The Strangerers and Dark Ages, and four solo novels, his most recent being Fat. During his career Grant has been involved in two distinct writing partnerships: the first with Doug Naylor, and the second and most recent with Andrew Marshall.

Early life

[edit]

Grant was born in Salford and studied Psychology at Liverpool University for two years.

Career

[edit]

In the mid-1980s, Grant collaborated with co-writer Doug Naylor on radio programmes such as 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.[1] His main reason however, he said, was that he "wished to have more on his 'tombstone' than Red Dwarf on its own".

In 2018, Grant collaborated with Andrew Marshall to produce, direct and write the BBC Radio 4 Series, "The Quanderhorn Xperimentations" - and also the novel version published by Gollancz Publishers.

In 2021, it was announced that Grant had written a short Red Dwarf script, Into the Gloop, which was performed live via Zoom on the 7th February 2021 as part of the Official Red Dwarf Fan Club's Holly Hop convention.[2]

Writing credits

[edit]
Production Notes Broadcaster
Carrott's Lib
  • Unknown episodes (1982)
 BBC1
Pushing Up Daisies
  • Unknown episodes (1984)
 Channel 4
Spitting Image
  • 16 episodes (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1985–1986)
 ITV
Comic Relief
  • "Spitting Image's Royal Address" (co-written with Doug Naylor, Ian Hislop, Nick Newman and Geoffrey Perkins, 1986)
 BBC1
Spitting Image: Down and Out in the White House
  • Television film (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1986)
 ITV
Spitting Image: The Ronnie and Nancy Show
  • Short film (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1987)
 ITV
Spitting Image: The 1987 Movie Awards
  • Television film (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1987)
 ITV
Red Dwarf
  • 36 episodes (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1988–1995)
 BBC2
Red Dwarf USA
  • Unaired pilot (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1992)
 NBC
Carlton Playhouse
  • "The 10%ers: Pilot" (co-written with Doug Naylor, 1993)
 ITV
Dark Ages
  • "Vikings" (1999)
  • "Vile Vole Pie" (1999)
  • "War" (1999)
  • "The End of the World" (1999)
  • "Witch" (1999)
 ITV
The Strangerers
  • 9 episodes (2000)
 Sky One

Bibliography

[edit]
  • Red Dwarf (1989), co-written with Doug Naylor (published under the joint pseudonym Grant Naylor); sometimes referred to as Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers.
  • Better Than Life (1990), co-written with Doug Naylor (published under the joint pseudonym Grant Naylor).
  • Primordial Soup (1993), co-written with Doug Naylor (collection of scripts from the TV show Red Dwarf)
  • Son Of Soup (1996), co-written with Doug Naylor (second volume of Red Dwarf scripts)
  • Scenes From The Dwarf (1996), co-written with Doug Naylor (Making of Red Dwarf)
  • Backwards (1996), a sequel to Better Than Life.
  • Colony (2000), a science fiction story about a colony that has long since lost its way.
  • Incompetence (2003), a wry detective story set in the near future where it is illegal to discriminate for any reason, even incompetence.
  • Fat (2006), a darkly comic novel about how the media portrays obesity and its effects on today's society.
  • The Quanderhorn Xperimentations (2018), with Andrew Marshall, a science fiction story set in 1952 with echoes of Quatermass.
  • The Nether Regions (2019), with Andrew Marshall (BBC Radio 4)

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Rob Grant on CarPool at 21:07". blip.tv/file/3138359. Archived from the original on 10 August 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Into The Gloop And Beyond". Red Dwarf - The Official Website. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
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