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Life With The Lyons. Image shows from L to R: Richard (Richard Lyon), Barbara (Barbara Lyon), Ben (Ben Lyon). Copyright: BBC
Life With The Lyons

Life With The Lyons

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Light Programme
  • 1950 - 1961
  • 260 episodes (11 series)

Family sitcom about a showbiz American couple raising their children in post-war Britain, starring real-life family the Lyons. Stars Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon, Barbara Lyon and Richard Lyon.

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Life With The Lyons features

Educating Archie. Peter Brough. Copyright: BBC

Steam radio: a Baby Boomer's personal memory of post-war wireless comedy

With ever-more BBC radio archival treats now available to buy and enjoy again, self-identified Baby Boomer Hercules Grytpype-Thynne shares his personal memories and pays tribute to some of the biggest shows of the post-war era in this ode to brilliant comedy on the wireless.

Bob Hope. Copyright: BBC

Sounds Familiar: The secret history of US comedy on UK radio

Having addressed Billy Connolly's knack for adaptation, Comedy Chronicles takes a look at another form of joke "theft": appropriation, and the secret story of US comedy on British radio.

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