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Lenny Henry set to end eight-year spell as campaigning university chancellor
Sir Lenny Henry is to step down as chancellor of Birmingham City University after eight years.
James Vukmirovic, The Express and Star, 20th February 2024Lenny Henry to host Red Nose Day for final time on Friday 15th March
Rosie Jones, Dame Joan Collins and Simon Cowell are amongst the celebrities who appear in a video sketch to announce Red Nose Day 2024 will take place on Friday 15th March. Sir Lenny Henry has announced that this will be his final time hosting the fundraising show.
British Comedy Guide, 31st January 2024Can Comic Relief survive without Lenny Henry?
Comedy's most famous red nose is about to fade to grey.
Ed Power, i Newspaper, 31st January 2024Lenny Henry: One Of A Kind, review
Stars line up to gush over hard-working hero.
Carol Midgley, The Times, 27th October 2023Lenny Henry: One Of A Kind, review
His achievements deserve more than a hagiography.
Jasper Rees, The Telegraph, 26th October 2023Lenny Henry set to film his acclaimed play August In England
Lenny Henry is turning his acclaimed one-man play August In England into a film. The comedian's playwriting debut received rapturous reviews and he is now seeking to screen a performance in cinemas or adapt the production into a feature film.
British Comedy Guide, 7th October 2023Lenny Henry on his poignant, hilarious ode to Windrush
Russell T Davies helped Henry turn his family's tales of leaving the Caribbean for 50s Dudley into a moving period drama. He talks sexism, racism and wishing he was more like Scorsese.
Leila Latif, The Guardian, 6th October 2023Lenny Henry to look back on entertainment career in ITV special
Lenny Henry: One Of A Kind, coming to ITV1 this autumn, will see the comedian looking back on his time in the entertainment spotlight.
British Comedy Guide, 11th August 2023Lenny Henry lands two Channel 4 shows
Lenny Henry is making two new television shows for Channel 4. In Legends Of Comedy, he interviews Paul Whitehouse, Alexei Sayle, Sally Phillips and Romesh Ranganathan. He is also writing a dark comedy drama pilot for the channel called Kriss Kross.
British Comedy Guide, 16th May 2023Birmingham billboard celebrates city's comedy legends
Joe Lycett, Meera Syal, Lenny Henry, Frank Skinner and Julie Walters are depicted in a digital mural in Birmingham to promote Sky's Comedy Rep festival.
British Comedy Guide, 15th May 2023