Rob Grant

Robert Grant (25 September 1955 – 25 February 2026) was an English comedy writer, television producer and co-creator of the Red Dwarf comedy franchise. After Red Dwarf, Grant wrote two television series, The Strangerers and Dark Ages, and four solo novels, his last being Fat.

Biography & Career

During his career trajectory Grant was involved in two distinct writing partnerships: the first with Doug Naylor, and the second with Andrew Marshall. Grant was whose journey began on in Salford on 25 September 1955. He studied Psychology at Liverpool University for two years. In the mid-1980s, Grant collaborated with co-writer Doug Naylor on radio programmes such as Son Of Cliché, Wrinkles for BBC 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.