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Lenny Henry to lead Look for a Book campaign at Manchester Festival of Libraries
Sir Lenny Henry will lead the Look for a Book campaign at this year's Manchester's Festival of Libraries.
Sian Bailey, The Bookseller, 11th May 2022Comic Relief 2022 highlights to include return of Rock Profile
Matt Lucas & David Walliams, Dawn French & Jennifer Saunders, the stars of Ghosts, Jack Whitehall, Stephen Fry and the QI team will be amongst those starring in the BBC One Red Nose Day broadcast on Friday 18th March.
British Comedy Guide, 8th March 2022Lily James to star in Comic Relief's Beauty And The Beast pantomime
Lily James, Oliver Chris, Guz Khan, Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Sian Gibson, Susan Wokoma, Celia Imrie, Pam Ferris, Simon Bird and Tom Rosenthal are amongst the cast for BBC Two's Beauty And The Beast - A Pantomime For Comic Relief.
British Comedy Guide, 9th December 2021Lenny Henry joins row over blocked BBC executive
Sir Lenny Henry and other influential black figures have written to the chairman of the BBC about reports that a black executive was blocked from a senior newsroom job after campaigning for more diversity in broadcasting.
Peter Chappell, The Times, 21st October 2021Lenny Henry says he was used as a 'political football'
Lenny Henry has said that he was used as a "political football" after appearing on a minstrel TV show. The comic was the first Black performer to take part in The Black And White Minstrel Show, which aired on the BBC from 1958 to 1978.
Isobel Lewis, The Independent, 9th October 2021Lenny Henry: Survey shows racism is a stain on industry
More than half of all actors from ethnic minorities have directly experienced racism in the workplace, a major new study has revealed. Sir Lenny Henry called the findings a "stain against the entire industry".
BBC, 25th August 2021Lenny Henry and Neil Gaiman bring Anansi Boys to Amazon Prime
Lenny Henry is writing an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys with the fantasy novelist for Amazon Prime.
British Comedy Guide, 22nd July 2021Lenny Henry urges black Britons to get Covid vaccine
Sir Lenny Henry has written an open letter urging black Britons to take the Covid-19 vaccine.
BBC, 30th March 2021Sir Lenny Henry: 'We don't want anybody else to die'
Speaking to BBC Breakfast, the comedian and actor said: "There's a disproportionate amount of black people dying... the vaccine is our way out".
BBC, 30th March 2021Lenny Henry given Legend Of Comedy award
Lenny Henry has been named a Legend Of Comedy in the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards 2021. Other prize winners include Patrick Monahan, Esther Manito, Ahir Shah and Jonny Awsum.
British Comedy Guide, 29th March 2021