Following a highly publicized trial against their stalker, American actors Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels moved to London in 1935.
[1] For several years, the couple commuted between London and Los Angeles, where their children resided with Daniels' mother and Lyon was under contract to 20th Century Fox.
[2] Also cast were Horace Percival as their henpecked neighbour, Mr Wimple, and Doris Rogers as Florrie Wainwright, Bebe's nosy friend who frequently spars with Ben.
[2] Other writers for the series used on occasion included Jill Allgood, Brad Ashton, Robert Hounsome, and Ray Sonin.
Following this broadcast, the BBC were alerted to a private collection of around 200 episodes owned by Graeme Stevenson in Scotland, and a selection of 14 episodes were rebroadcast on Radio 7's successor BBC Radio 4 Extra between July and December 2011 [3] and rebroadcast at later dates.
Two feature films both directed by Val Guest were made with the cast of the series between the radio and television versions.
The surviving first-season episode was shown on BBC Four on 27 March 2005 as part of the "TV on Trial" season.