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: Love Sneaks Up On Richard

Love Sneaks Up On Richard

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Richard loses his heart and Ben loses his new camelhair coat.

Richard loses his heart and Ben loses his new camelhair coat. Stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. From January 1954.

Richard loses his heart and Ben loses his new coat. 

Sitcom with a real-life American family - starring Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon.

Joined by their children Barbara and Richard, the series ran for 260 episodes from 1950 to 1961.

With:

Barbara Lyon
Richard Lyon
Molly Weir 
Horace Percival
Doris Rogers
Molly Weir 
Hugh Morton
Patricia Field

Written by Bebe Daniels, Bob Block and Ronnie Hanbury.

Incidental music by Arthur Wilkinson. 

Music played by the BBC Variety Orchestra conducted by Paul Fenoulhet.

Producer: Tom Ronald

First broadcast on the BBC Light Programme in January 1954.

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