Bob is the son of writer and comedian, Barry Cryer and singer, Terry Donovan. He studied English & Theatre at Warwick and trained as an at LAMDA. He writes regularly and having completed the fictional diaries of Sherlock Holmes's landlady, Mrs Hudson with his father in 2013, turned the book into a play at Wilton's Music Hall in East London in 2014. He lives in West Sussex with his wife, Suzannah and their three children. Bob is a keen sportsman and plays football, rugby, cricket, golf and tennis.