Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy. Lenny Henry. Copyright: Douglas Road
Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy

  • TV documentary
  • 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

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy. Image shows from L to R: Jocelyn Jee Esien, Lenny Henry. Copyright: Douglas Road
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.

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
Gold
Length
60 minutes

Repeats

Show past repeats

Date Time Channel
Tuesday 22nd October 2019 10:00pm Gold
Saturday 21st March 2020 1:25am Gold
Thursday 26th March 2020 2:55am Gold
Tuesday 6th October 2020 10:25pm Gold
Wednesday 7th October 2020 2:30am Gold
Wednesday 21st October 2020 10:00pm Dave
Thursday 31st December 2020 11:55pm Gold
Sunday 3rd October 2021 12:00am Gold
Saturday 9th October 2021 11:40pm Gold
Tuesday 26th October 2021 11:00pm Dave
Sunday 27th March 2022 11:00pm Gold
Friday 1st April 2022 1:55am Gold
Monday 23rd May 2022 3:05am Gold
Thursday 30th June 2022 1:05am Gold
Monday 2nd January 2023 2:50am Gold
Thursday 10th August 2023 2:25am Gold
Monday 23rd October 2023 12:20am Gold

Cast & crew

Cast
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
Guest cast
Curtis Walker Self
Paul Jackson Self
Meera Syal Self
Production team
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

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