Press clippings Page 17
Lenny Henry to receive special Bafta honour
Sir Lenny Henry is to receive a special Bafta at this year's TV awards ceremony in May.
BBC News, 27th April 2016Lenny Henry: issue with monocultural theatre audiences
Lenny Henry has criticised the "monoculture" nature of theatre audiences and has called on the sector to do more to address the diversity of theatregoers.
Georgia Snow, The Stage, 21st April 2016Catastrophe and Chewing Gum both win multiple RTS Awards
Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe, and Chewing Gum creator Michaela Coel, both won in two categories at the Royal Television Society awards.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd March 2016Young people don't own comedy - and nor should they
How dull would our lives be if we, in effect, introduce a mandatory retirement age for wisecracks?
The Independent, 19th March 2016Lenny Henry joins board of National Theatre
The National Theatre have announced that Sir Lenny Henry will become a member of the theatre's board.
Daisy Bowie-Sell, What's On Stage, 3rd February 2016Lenny Henry repeats call for funding to boost diversity
BBC director general Tony Hall also tells Channel 4 conference that there is 'loads' to do to boost representation of minorities on British television.
The Guardian, 19th January 2016Outrage as ITV mixes Ainsley Harriot with Lenny Henry
Viewers have expressed outrage after ITV cut to footage of Ainsley Harriott during Lenny Henry's knighthood interview.
Charlotte Wareing, The Mirror, 4th December 2015Crush of the week: Lenny Henry
'Lenny Henry feels as familiar to me as a family friend - the magnanimous uncle who has always been there'
Bim Adewunmi, The Guardian, 28th November 2015Lenny Henry reiterates his call for greater diversity
Eighteen months after he first sounded the alarm on black and minority ethnic representation in TV, the actor calls on Ofcom to take responsibility for industry standards.
Richard Vine, The Guardian, 18th November 2015Cradle to Grave was enjoyable, but little more. Liked it, but perhaps I'd had enough of the perfections of 70s recreation. Perhaps I've just never been that in love with Danny Baker, whose story of a Bermondsey adolescence was way less magical than Lenny Henry's. Loved the tortoise and the tipping teapots though. Possibly a sentence never to be written again.
Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 6th September 2015