Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy
- TV documentary
- U&Gold
- 2019
- 3 episodes (1 series)
Documentary exploring British comedy representing various diverse races and cultures. Features Lenny Henry, Robert Beckford, Trevor Phillips, Michael Grade, Ayesha Hazarika and more.
Episode menu
Series 1, Episode 3 - Sketch
Further details
Beginning with Lenny's prominence as a versatile performer and creator of characters, the film features great archive from Tiswas, Three Of A Kind and Lenny's own shows.
Curtis Walker and Llewella Gideon talk about the legacy of beloved 90s sketch show The Real McCoy, which also provided a platform for the late Felix Dexter.
Meera Syal talks to Lenny about Goodness Gracious Me, British television's first Asian sketch show, as well as uncovering the secrets behind the success of The Kumars At Number 42.
Lenny also speaks to Jocelyn Jee Esien about pranking the public as a member of Three Non Blondes, as well as talking about her own show Little Miss Jocelyn.
Broadcast details
- Date
- Thursday 17th October 2019
- Time
- 9pm
- Channel
- U&Gold
- Length
- 60 minutes
Cast & crew
| Lenny Henry | Host / Presenter |
| Ayesha Hazarika | Self |
| Llewella Gideon | Self |
| Angie Le Mar | Self |
| Roxy Sternberg | Self |
| Gina Yashere | Self |
| Terry Jervis | Self |
| Paul Chowdhry | Self |
| Shazia Mirza | Self |
| Charlie Hanson | Self |
| Tameka Empson | Self |
| Anil Gupta | Self |
| Javone Prince | Self |
| Stephen K Amos | Self |
| Richard Curtis | Self |
| Shaparak Khorsandi (as Shappi Khorsandi) | Self |
| Jocelyn Jee Esien | Self |
| Sindhu Vee | Self |
| Kojo Mante (as Kojo) | Self |
| Paul Whitehouse | Self |
| Curtis Walker | Self |
| Paul Jackson | Self |
| Meera Syal | Self |
| Marina Warsama | Series Director |
| Carlton Dixon | Series Producer |
| Lenny Henry | Executive Producer |
| Angela Ferreira | Executive Producer |
| Iain Coyle | Executive Producer |
| Sam Ornbo | Edit Producer |
| Shabazz Graham | Editor |
| Phil Henderson | Editor |
| Ian Watts | Director of Photography |
| Kelvin Richard | Director of Photography |
| Conor Connolly | Director of Photography |