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Life With The Lyons

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Comedy with real-life American family: Ben Lyon, Bebe Daniels and kids Richard and Barbara

Comedy starring real-life American family - Ben Lyon, Bebe Daniels and their children Richard and Barbara

Life With the Lyons

Life With The Lyons: The Rising Son

25/09/2011

The Rising Son

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Life With The Lyons, The Rising Son

Who will get that job? Ben Lyon and radio star Ted Ray's sons go head-to-head.

Who will get that job? Ben Lyon and radio star Ted Ray's sons go head-to-head. With Bebe Daniels. From February 1958.

Who will get that job? The sons of Ben Lyon and fellow radio star Ted Ray go head-to-head. 

Starring real-life American family: Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe Daniels and their children, Barbara and Richard. 
With guest stars: Ted Ray and Robin Ray.

And Doris Rogers as Florrie, Molly Weir as Aggie, Horace Percival as Mr Wimple, David Enders and Hugh Morton.

Life With The Lyons was one the BBC's most popular radio sitcoms between1950 and 1961. It was also adapted for BBC TV. 

Written by Bebe Daniels, Bob Block and Ronnie Hanbury. 

BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet. 

Producer: Tom Ronald 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in February 1958.

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