Bob Spiers

Birthday: September 27th, 1945 Date of Death: December 8th, 2008 Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Robert Alexander "Bob" Spiers (27 September 1945 – 8 December 2008) was a director.

He is particularly noted as the director of the early series of Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2001), the musical comedy Spiceworld, and of the second series of Fawlty Towers (1979). He also worked with Steven Moffat on Press Gang and Joking Apart.

Spiers won a BAFTA Award twice for his work as a television comedy director.