Biography
Bill Lyons is a British television writer. He wrote 60 episodes of EastEnders between February 1985 and June 1989, and served as story editor on the series from 1988 to early 1989. He has also written extensively for Emmerdale, contributing hundreds of episodes since 1984 and remaining the longest-serving writer from the Emmerdale Farm era.
Lyons began his career as an actor before turning to writing for television and radio. His other writing credits include episodes of Z Cars, Angels, Blake's 7, Heartbeat, Eldorado and Juliet Bravo. He won the Writers' Guild Award in 1973 for his work on BBC schools and continuing education programmes. He has also produced and directed the 1985 television mini-series In Search of the Trojan War.
