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Lenny Henry: next BBC chair should recognise diversity
Comedian speaks out as former Telegraph editor Charles Moore criticised for past comments about minority groups.
Haroon Siddique and Peter Walker, The Guardian, 28th September 2020Lenny Henry on forgotten black composers
In a new documentary, Sir Lenny Henry celebrates the work of black composers across the centuries, whose work is often marginalised.
Kasia Delgado, i Newspaper, 25th September 2020The Lenny Henry Show review
Considering the writers and cast of The Lenny Henry Show features a lot of up-and-comers, the style of this new Radio 4 series is remarkably old-school, dated, even.
Steve Bennett, Chortle, 25th August 2020The Lenny Henry Show returns via Radio 4
Lenny Henry is reprise some of his old characters, and introduce new ones, via Radio 4 sketch series The Lenny Henry Show.
British Comedy Guide, 14th August 2020Lenny Henry to publish new book Rising To The Surface
Lenny Henry is to publish a memoir about his entertainment career, and will present a revisionist history of classical music for the BBC.
British Comedy Guide, 4th August 2020Faber acquires Lenny Henry's diversity manifesto
Faber is to publish Access all Areas: The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond by comedian and writer Sir Lenny Henry and media diversity specialist Marcus Ryder next year.
Ruth Comerford, The Bookseller, 26th June 2020Adam Kay to host BBC One special Dear NHS Superstars
Comedian and writer Adam Kay is to host Dear NHS Superstars, a one-off show for BBC One in which celebrities show their appreciation for healthcare workers.
British Comedy Guide, 25th June 2020Stars urge BBC to protect regional news programmes
Dozens of broadcasters from Stephen Fry to Sir Lenny Henry have signed a letter asking the BBC not to cut its English regional current affairs programmes.
BBC, 17th June 2020Lenny Henry's daughter given suspended sentence
Sir Lenny Henry's daughter Billie Roman Henry has been given a suspended sentence after pretending to be her famous father to stop her boyfriend from dumping her.
Female First, 7th May 2020Chortle Awards 2020 winners
Jessica Fostekew has won Best Show and the Breakthrough prize in the Chortle Awards. Other winners include Zoe Lyons, Bob Mortimer, Brodi Snook, The Delightful Sausage, Flo & Joan, Kiri Pritchard-Mclean and Rhod Gilbert.
British Comedy Guide, 18th March 2020