Bob Holness

South Africa’s most fearsome export.

Background

Bob was expelled from South Africa shortly after birth for being too ferocious. He was only allowed back in on the condition he pretend to be an Ian Fleming character the entire time, thus accidentally becoming the first man to portray James Bond when he walked into a radio studio while it was transmitting.

Blockbusters

Realising he would never be accepted by society as a monster, Bob trained as a spoon-welder and became an Anti-Reivionist-Anarcho-Dominionist. While struggling to reconcile his ridiculously compounded political philosophy into something that made sense, Bob devised Blockbusters as a breathtakingly simple metaphor for his world vision. This idea was promptly taken up by TV, sadly as a game show not the political diatribe Bob had hoped for. By the time Bob found out his dream had been corrupted it was too late and he had signed a long term contract to host the show.

Disillusioned

His dreams shattered, and worn down after years of hilarious ‘P please Bob’ jokes, Bob had almost been domesticated by the time Blockbusters was eventually cancelled. Sadly for Bob, and the world, he was called back for the abortive Michael Aspel version of the show.

Back to the Wild

Led astray by the still wild Michael Aspel Bob’s ferocious natural instincts were re-awoken, made all the more terrible by the discovery he was, in fact, a naturally underground animal with a prodigious tunnelling ability. Determined to put right past mistakes, Bob decided to re-make Blockbusters as the political masterpiece it should have been.

Today

Though still fearsome Bob is old and tends to hunt the elderly to provide ‘contestants’ for his alarming re-enactments of Blockbusters held in his underground layer. Though not being old is the best defence, a solid concrete floor is also advised to ensure total security.