---
name: "Bill Lyons"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bill-lyons"
fi1m_id: "bill-lyons"
imdb_id: "nm0529021"
tmdb_id: 1231864
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:27:28.301519+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bill Lyons

## Identity

Bill Lyons

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bill-lyons
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bill-lyons
- **IMDb ID:** nm0529021
- **TMDB ID:** 1231864
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0529021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1231864

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0529021/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1231864

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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## 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*.

*Sources: eastenders.fandom.com, imdb.com, emmerdale.fandom.com, ee-walford.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Napoleon's Waterloo* (2004), Writer, Director
- *Heartbeat* (1992), series, Writer
- *In Search of the Trojan War* (1985), series, Director
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer, Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Writer
- *£60 Single, £100 Return* (1971), Writer
- *The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel* (1969), as Truculent
- *Doctor Who: The Enemy of the World* (1968), as Guard on Denes
- *The Trial and Torture of Sir John Rampayne* (1965), as Student

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