British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
Lenny Henry
Rudy's Rare Records

Rudy's Rare Records

  • Radio sitcom
  • BBC Radio 4
  • 2008 - 2012
  • 20 episodes (4 series)

Radio sitcom starring Lenny Henry and Larrington Walker. Three generations of music-loving men collide in a Birmingham record shop. Also features Joe Jacobs, Natasha Godfrey, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Jeffery Kissoon, Claire Benedict and Andrew Brooke

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Black Books

Sitcom focusing on a foul tempered bookshop owner, his trusty assistant and the girl next door.

Desmond's. Copyright: Humphrey Barclay Productions TV

Desmond's

Desmond's is, on the surface, just a Peckham barber shop - in reality, it's a meeting place, community centre, and old men's recreation room.

Channel 4 logo. Copyright: Channel 4 Television Corporation TV

Porkpie

Spinoff from Desmond's about Augustus 'Porkpie' Grant.

The Crouches. Image shows from L to R: Adele Crouch (Ony Uhiara), Roly Crouch (Robbie Gee), Grandma Sylvie Crouch (Mona Hammond), Grandpa Langley Crouch (Rudolph Walker), Aiden Crouch (Akemnji Ndifornyen), Natalie Crouch (Jo Martin). Copyright: BBC TV

The Crouches

A sitcom about the trials and tribulations of a black family living in Walworth, south-east London.

Lenny Go Home. Lenny Henry. Copyright: ITV TV

Lenny Go Home

Lenny Henry revisits his roots in the West Midlands, and looks at the early days of his career.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

Lenny Goes To Town

Part comedy, part travelogue, Lenny Henry takes his show across the country.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

Lenny Henry Gets Wild

Lenny Henry presents stand-up and sketches, on the road in Dublin, Exeter, and in the studio.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

Lenny Henry In Pieces

Popular series starring Lenny Henry with support from Omid Djalili, Tony Gardner, Tracy-Ann Oberman and others.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

Lenny Henry Tonite

Series of individual sitcom playlets starring Lenny Henry.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

Lenny Henry.TV

Lenny Henry takes us through the best comedy shorts available on the internet, from the most outrageous CCTV to exclusive online TV.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

Lenny Henry: In Dreams

One off comedy special with Lenny Henry, Dawn French and Bill Paterson, on the topic of dreams.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

Lenny Henry: This Is My Life

Stand-up comedy special in which Lenny Henry reflects on his upbringing.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

The Lenny Henry Christmas Show

A special festive show from Lenny Henry.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

The Lenny Henry Christmas Special

A special festive show from Lenny Henry.

The Lenny Henry Show. Image shows from L to R: Winston (Vas Blackwood), Delbert Wilkins (Lenny Henry). Copyright: BBC TV

The Lenny Henry Show

Sitcom spin-off from Lenny Henry's sketch show of the same title, featuring pirate radio DJ Delbert Wilkins trying to find fame.

BBC One. Copyright: BBC TV

The Lenny Henry Special

Stand-up with Lenny Henry.

Are You Being Served?. Image shows from L to R: Mrs. Betty Slocombe (Mollie Sugden), Miss Shirley Brahms (Wendy Richard), Mr. Dick Lucas (Trevor Bannister), Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold (Nicholas Smith), Mr. Mash (Larry Martyn), Mr. Ernest Grainger (Arthur Brough), Mr. Wilberforce Humphries (John Inman), Captain Stephen Peacock (Frank Thornton). Copyright: BBC TV

Are You Being Served?

Sitcom set in London department store Grace Bros., where the Ladies' Intimate Apparel and Men's Ready To Wear departments are forced to share a floor.

Hardware. Image shows from L to R: Anne (Susan Earl), Kenny (Peter Serafinowicz), Mike (Martin Freeman), Steve (Ryan Cartwright), Rex (Ken Morley), Julie (Ella Kenion). Copyright: TalkbackThames TV

Hardware

Set in Hamway's Hardware Store, this sitcom follows the lives of its fanatical DIY staff Mike, Kenny, Steve and Rex.

Pardon The Expression. Leonard Swindley (Arthur Lowe). Copyright: Granada Television TV

Pardon The Expression

Leonard Swindley has left Gamma Garments and now finds himself as assistant manager at a national chain store, Dobson and Hawks.

After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Sarah France (Prunella Scales), Clare (Geraldine Cowper), Eleanor (Joan Sanderson). Copyright: BBC Radio

After Henry

Culture and generation-clash comedy in which middle-aged widow Sarah lives with her elderly, difficult mother Eleanor, and daughter Clare.

After Henry. Image shows from L to R: Clare France (Janine Wood), Russell Bryant (Jonathan Newth), Eleanor Prescott (Joan Sanderson), Sarah France (Prunella Scales). Copyright: Thames Television TV

After Henry

Prunella Scales stars as a widow who lives with her near-adult daughter and demanding, elderly mother.

The Fosters. Sonny Foster (Lenny Henry). Copyright: London Weekend Television TV

The Fosters

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Play UK. Copyright: UKTV TV

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Lenny Henry TV

Rudy's Rare Records

A TV version of the Radio 4 sitcom starring Lenny Henry.

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