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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 Play's the Thing

31/07/2011

The Play's the Thing

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Life With The Lyons, The Play's the Thing

Barbara is playing Ophelia in the school show. Could this be her big break?

Barbara is playing Ophelia in the school show. Could this be her big break? With Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels. From April 1952.

Barbara is playing Ophelia in the school show - could this be her big break? 

Starring real-life American family: Ben Lyon and his wife Bebe Daniels and their children, Richard and Barbara. 

With 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 Bill Harding. 
BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet. 
Incidental music by Arthur Wilkinson 
Producer: Tom Ronald 

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in April 1952.

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