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: And A Merry Christmas To All

And A Merry Christmas To All

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Life With The Lyons, And A Merry Christmas To All

Christmas is approaching – will the new family members fit in? From 1956.

Barbara is newly-married, but where will she spend Christmas Day? Stars Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. From December 1956.

Barbara is newly-married – so where will she spend Christmas Day? 

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
Horace Percival
Doris Rogers
Molly Weir
Hugh Morton
Gwen Lewis
Richard Bellaers			 

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 December 1956

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