Lenny Henry

Lenny Henry: 'I'm desperate to be in Game of Thrones'

Lenny Henry has revealed he is "desperate" to be in Game Of Thrones.

Comedy Greats appear on Royal Mail stamps

Spike Milligan, The Two Ronnies, Billy Connolly, Morecambe & Wise, Norman Wisdom, Lenny Henry, Peter Cook & Dudley Moore, Monty Python, French & Saunders and Victoria Wood feature on ten special Royal Mail stamps.

One project that has mixed humour with serious subject matter for the last thirty years is Comic Relief which aired it's bi-annual Red Nose Day last Friday. As well as the climax of both The Bake-Off and The People's Strictly; Red Nose Day saw the return of many comedy icons. The sketch that the team seemed to be most proud of was the Little Britain clip in which David Walliams' Lou was now the carer for Professor Steven Hawking. However I wasn't a particular fan and by the clip's third airing I'd grown tired of seeing Hawking become a transformer and finish off both Lou and Catherine Tate's Irish nun. The more successful returns came courtesy of Mr. Bean and The Vicar of Dibley with the latter presenting a cameo-laden sketch in which Geraldine meets her rivals for the position of the first female bishop. There were two sketches that I particularly enjoyed the first of which featured a host of famous faces vying to become Britain's newest national treasure. Featuring everyone from Salman Rushdie to The Chuckle Brothers; this sketch was amusing throughout and had a great pay-off. Similarly I felt that Comic Relief's take on Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen skit was inspired with a quartet of the organisation's famous fundraisers competing to see who had the most gruelling experience. There were other little moments that made me chuckle most notably when voiceover man Matt Berry came onto to stage to argue with host Claudia Winkleman. However, Comic Relief isn't really about the sketches or the laughter but rather the money that's raised at the end of the night. The final scene, in which Lenny Henry revealed that the organisation has raised more than a billion pounds over the past thirty years, was one of the most heartwarming TV moments I've seen all year. Henry's pride in what Comic Relief has done over the years was brilliant to see and it just proves what the British public can achieve when they put their minds to something.

Richard Curtis & Lenny Henry thank everyone at the BBC

"Without the BBC, we would have been a group of dodgy comedians wishing we could help a bit in 1985"

Comic Relief 2015: least fun Red Nose Day I remember

I'm afraid it was one of those nights. Davina McCall is declared the Queen of Comic Relief, Dermot is anointed a "Comic Relief Legend" for staying upright for 24 hours and Lenny Henry walks on in front of a huge "Sir Lenny of Henry" backdrop - yet no one is allowed to say "Er, guys, it's not really about you."

Lenny Henry honoured for work championing diversity

Lenny Henry will be honoured later at the Broadcasting Press Guild Awards for his work championing diversity.

Lenny Henry to host Olivier Awards next month

Lenny Henry is to present this year's Olivier Awards at the Royal Opera House.

Lenny Henry & Frank Bruno won't recreate classic sketch

Producers wanted the comedian and ex-boxer to recreate the 1988 sketch as part of the charity's 30th anniversary, but three boxers wouldn't dress up as women.

Lenny Henry stars in Educating Rita at Chichester

Lenny Henry will star in a revival of Educating Rita at Chichester later this year, as part of the venue's newly announced season.

Lenny Henry's radio dream still distant

In this opinion piece, BBC producer Colin Grant writes that a change of BBC gate-keepers may be needed before we hear black voices on Radio 4 every day of the year, as comedian and actor Lenny Henry wishes.