Robert Grant is an English comedy writer,

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and co-creator of the ''

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'' comedy franchise. Since ''Red Dwarf'', Grant has written two television series, '' The Strangerers'' and '' Dark Ages'', and four solo novels, his most recent being ''

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''. During his career Grant has been involved in two distinct writing partnerships: the first with

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, and the second and most recent with Andrew Marshall.

Early life

Grant was born in

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and studied

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at Liverpool University for two years.

Career

In the mid-1980s, Grant collaborated with co-writer

on radio programmes such as '' Son Of Cliché'', ''Wrinkles'' for Radio 4 and

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such as ''

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'', '' The 10 Percenters'', and various projects for

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. 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

. 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.

Writing credits

Bibliography

* ''

'' (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''. * ''

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'' (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. * ''

'' (2006), a darkly comic novel about how the media portrays

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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 (

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)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grant, Rob Year of birth missing (living people) Living people English comedy writers British television show creators English science fiction writers Writers from Salford English television writers Writers from Manchester Alumni of the University of Liverpool