Bill Lyons

Bill Lyons wrote many EastEnders episodes in the shows early years and was appointed story editor in 1988, a position he remained for one consecutive year.

Bill began his career as an actor but has been writing extensively for TV and radio for over fifty years. Excluding EastEnders, he has written for some major BBC tv series - Z Cars, Angels, Doctor Who, Blake's Seven and Juliet Bravo. His ITV work includes Marked Personal and Rooms for Thames TV, Crossroads (ATV) and Emmerdale. He has contributed to Scene, Going to Work and many more BBC schools and continuing education programmes and won the 1973 Writers' Guild Award for his work in that field. He has also written scripts for Waggoners Walk and numerous single plays for BBC radio.

1980s
1985 (15 episodes) 1986 (16 episodes) 1987 (15 episodes) 1988 (10 episodes) 1989 (4 episodes)
 * Episode 04 (28 February 1985)
 * Episode 15 (9 April 1985)
 * Episode 18 (18 April 1985)
 * Episode 22 (2 May 1985)
 * Episode 27 (21 May 1985)
 * Episode 29 (28 May 1985)
 * Episode 33 (11 June 1985)
 * Episode 42 (11 July 1985)
 * Episode 51 (13 August 1985)
 * Episode 59 (10 September 1985)
 * Episode 62 (19 September 1985)
 * Episode 65 (1 October 1985)
 * Episode 74 (31 October 1985)
 * Episode 85 (10 December 1985)
 * Episode 91 (31 December 1985)
 * Episode 092 (2 January 1986)
 * Episode 099 (28 January 1986)
 * Episode 103 (11 February 1986)
 * Episode 110 (6 March 1986)
 * Episode 119 (8 April 1986)
 * Episode 127 (6 May 1986)
 * Episode 136 (5 June 1986)
 * Episode 143 (1 July 1986)
 * Episode 154 (7 August 1986)
 * Episode 162 (4 September 1986)
 * Episode 166 (18 September 1986)
 * Episode 167 (23 September 1986)
 * Episode 172 (9 October 1986)
 * Episode 176 (23 October 1986)
 * Episode 182 (13 November 1986)
 * Episode 193 (23 December 1986)
 * Episode 200 (13 January 1987)
 * Episode 209 (12 February 1987)
 * Episode 218 (17 March 1987)
 * Episode 226 (14 April 1987)
 * Episode 228 (21 April 1987)
 * Episode 233 (7 May 1987)
 * Episode 248 (30 June 1987)
 * Episode 253 (16 July 1987)
 * Episode 257 (30 July 1987)
 * Episode 264 (25 August 1987)
 * Episode 274 (29 September 1987)
 * Episode 284 (3 November 1987)
 * Episode 291 (26 November 1987)
 * Episode 292 (1 December 1987)
 * Episode 301 (29 December 1987)
 * Episode 304 (5 January 1988)
 * Episode 311 (28 January 1988)
 * Episode 321 (3 March 1988)
 * Episode 340 (10 May 1988)
 * Episode 368 (16 August 1988)
 * Episode 375 (8 September 1988)
 * Episode 376 (13 September 1988)
 * Episode 382 (4 October 1988)
 * Episode 392 (8 November 1988)
 * Episode 403 (15 December 1988)
 * Episode 413 (19 January 1989)
 * Episode 421 (16 February 1989)
 * Episode 422 (21 February 1989)
 * Episode 454 (13 June 1989)