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Lenny Henry to front Gold series about comedy and race
Gold has commissioned a three-part series about different races and cultures in British comedy, to be presented by Sir Lenny Henry.
British Comedy Guide, 1st July 2019Lenny Henry to host Morecambe & Wise retrospective series
Channel Gold will air Trust Morecambe & Wise, a four-part retrospective series hosted by Lenny Henry which features rarely seen footage of the comedy duo.
British Comedy Guide, 21st June 2019Lenny Henry: 'BAME TV workers fear the noose'
Lenny Henry has raised concerns that people from minority ethnic backgrounds working in broadcasting do not feel able to speak up about diversity for fear of being "oppressed or fired".
Georgia Snow, The Stage, 13th June 2019Lenny Henry announces 2019 tour
Sir Lenny Henry will embark on a brand new UK tour this autumn. An Evening with Lenny Henry - Who Am I, Again? will see the comedy star talking about his life story.
British Comedy Guide, 16th May 2019Gold reveals Britain's Greatest Comedian list
Channel Gold has revealed the shortlist of 30 comedians who will be featured in its show Britain's Greatest Comedian.
British Comedy Guide, 1st May 2019Lenny Henry is the inaugural rude TV chef
Quite a long time before rude chefs were a TV mainstay, Lenny Henry's Chef showed us how entertaining they could be. It also had one of the best sitcom theme tunes ever, in my opinion!
Rhianna Evans, Super Ink, 26th March 2019Lenny Henry shares amazing work done through charity
The comedian and actor was a co-founder of Comic Relief back in 1985 and they had a simple vision to help create a world free from poverty.
Lenny Henry & Tom Davidson, The Mirror, 15th March 2019After much controversy, it is finally time for this year's edition of the annual fundraiser. The likes of Lenny Henry, Emma Willis and Romesh Ranganathan lead proceedings, with the usual spoofs including a Four Weddings and a Funeral reunion and a return for Bodyguard's DS David Budd. While, as ever, the money goes to worthy causes, the debate around how Comic Relief portrays relations between the UK and developing nations was long overdue - and may well have been taken into account ahead of tonight's telecast.
Hannah J Davies, The Guardian, 15th March 2019Comic Relief Spectacular review
You cannot keep politics out of comedy, but most of the stand-ups at last night's Spectacular tried. Until Sir Lenny Henry commented on the current Stacey Dooley "white saviour" controversy.
Bruce Dessau, Evening Standard, 1st March 2019Lenny Henry on his Windrush series
A new BBC drama follows generation Windrush, from first arrival to the scandal of deportation. Executive producer and star Sir Lenny Henry explains why their story needed to be told.
Lenny Henry, The Guardian, 16th February 2019