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Bill Lyons (born 25th February 1945) played football supporter Lenny Johnson on Coronation Street in 1967. After appearing in such television series' as Doctor Who, Bill went on to have a successful career as a TV scriptwriter, writing episodes of Crossroads, Blakes 7, EastEnders and Emmerdale. He was also a judge on the 2001 reality show Emmerdale SoapStars, which sought to cast a brand new family on the ITV soap opera.

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  • Bill Lyons (born 25th February 1945) played football supporter Lenny Johnson on Coronation Street in 1967. After appearing in such television series' as Doctor Who, Bill went on to have a successful career as a TV scriptwriter, writing episodes of Crossroads, Blakes 7, EastEnders and Emmerdale. He was also a judge on the 2001 reality show Emmerdale SoapStars, which sought to cast a brand new family on the ITV soap opera.
  • Bill Lyons has written 385 episodes of Emmerdale since 1984. He has also written for EastEnders and Z Cars.
  • Lyons debuted in a 1962 episode of Dixon of Dock Green, after which he appeared in Z-Cars, Softly, Softly, Adam Adamant Lives!, Coronation Street, Out of the Unknown, Softly, Softly: Taskforce and The Liver Birds. However, he turned to writing in 1973, penning scripts for Crossroads, Z-Cars, Blake's 7, Juliet Bravo and Eastenders. Since the 1990's, most of his writing career has been for Emmerdale.
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  • Bill Lyons (born 25th February 1945) played football supporter Lenny Johnson on Coronation Street in 1967. After appearing in such television series' as Doctor Who, Bill went on to have a successful career as a TV scriptwriter, writing episodes of Crossroads, Blakes 7, EastEnders and Emmerdale. He was also a judge on the 2001 reality show Emmerdale SoapStars, which sought to cast a brand new family on the ITV soap opera.
  • Bill Lyons has written 385 episodes of Emmerdale since 1984. He has also written for EastEnders and Z Cars.
  • Lyons debuted in a 1962 episode of Dixon of Dock Green, after which he appeared in Z-Cars, Softly, Softly, Adam Adamant Lives!, Coronation Street, Out of the Unknown, Softly, Softly: Taskforce and The Liver Birds. However, he turned to writing in 1973, penning scripts for Crossroads, Z-Cars, Blake's 7, Juliet Bravo and Eastenders. Since the 1990's, most of his writing career has been for Emmerdale.
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