Lenny Henry
Credits
Television
Lennyhenry.tv series Presenter BBC1, January 2008
Lenny's Britain Presenter BBC1, June 2007
Lenny's Perfect Night In Presenter Channel 4, May 2007
Comic Relief Co-Founder, Presenter
1985 to Present Day
Lennyhenry.tv Presenter BBC1, December 2006
The Lenny Henry Show - series 2 Writer/Performer
BBC1, Friday nights, May -June 2005
Lenny Henry's Comedy Heroes Presenter Channel 5, March 2005
The Lenny Henry Show Writer/Performer
BBC1, Friday nights, April-June 2004
Lenny Henry In Pieces (Series II)
Writer/Performer
BBC1, March 2003
Little Robots Voice of Sporty and title song for children's animated series
BBC1/Ceebies, 2003
This Is My Life Writer/Performer in Documentary
BBC1, January 2003
Party At The Palace - The Queen's Concert
Presenter
Live concert on BBC1, 3rd June, 2002
Lenny Henry In Pieces (Series I)
Writer/Performer
BBC1, 2002
Lenny Henry In Pieces Christmas Special
Writer/Performer
BBC1, 2001
Goodbye Mr Steadman Roy
ITV, 2001
Lenny Henry In Pieces Christmas Special
Writer/ Performer
BBC1, 2000
Lenny's Atlantic Adventure Documentary
BBC1, 2000
Hope & Glory, 3 Series Performer
BBC1, 1999 and 2000
The Man Performer
Screen One/BBC1, 1999
Lenny Goes To Town Writer/ Performer
BBC1, 1998
The Bafta Awards Presenter
1997
Lenny's Big Amazon Adventure Documentary
BBC1, 1997
Neverwhere Writer
BBC1, 1996
Famous Fred Voice-over
Channel 4, 1996
Lenny Henry Gets Wild Writer/ Performer
BBC1, 1996
Chef! 3 Series Performer
BBC1, 1993, 1994 and 1996
The Lenny Henry Show Special Writer/ Performer
BBC1, 1996
The Lenny Henry Christmas Show Writer/ Performer
BBC1, 28th December, 1995
The Lenny Henry Show Writer/ Performer
BBC1, 1995
White Goods Performer
ITV, 1994
South Bank Show - 'Darker Than Me'
Documentary/Presenter
ITV, 1994
The Lenny Henry Christmas Show Writer/ Performer
BBC1, 28th December, 1994
New Soul Nation Documentary/Presenter
Channel 4, 1993
South Bank Show - 'Hunt The Funk' Documentary/Presenter
ITV, 1992
Lenny Henry: In Dreams Performer
BBC1, 1991
Alive And Kicking Performer
BBC1, 1991
Bernard And The Genie Performer
BBC1, 1991
Lenny Go Home Writer/Performer
ITV, 1991
Coast To Coast Performer
1990
Comic Strip Presents 'Oxford' Performer
BBC2, 1990
Comic Strip Presents 'South Atlantic Raiders' Performer
BBC2, 1990
The Lenny Henry Special Writer/ Performer
BBC1, 26th December, 1988
South Bank Show
ITV,1988
The Delbert Wilkins Show
BBC1, 1987 and 1988
Lenny Henry Christmas Special Writer/ Performer
BBC1, 24th December, 1987
Lenny Henry Tonite Performer
BBC1, 1986
The Lenny Henry Show, Series 1 & 2 Writer/ Performer
BBC1, 1984 and 1985
Three Of A Kind Performer
BBC1, 1981, 1982 and 1983
O.T.T. Performer
1981
TISWAS Performer
Central TV, 1978 - 1980
The Fosters Performer
LWT, 1975 - 1976
The Summer Show Performer
1975
New Faces Performer
1975
Film
Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban Voice of Shrunken Heads
Warner Bros, June 2004
True Identity Performer
Touchstone/Disney, 1991
Live And Unleashed Writer/ Performer
Palace Films, 1989
Awards
Winner of Lifetime Achievement Award (Performance)
British Comedy Awards, 2003
Winner of Lifetime Achievement Award
Black Entertainment Comedy Awards, 2003
Winner of the Inspiration Award
BFM Awards, 2002
Lenny Henry In Pieces
Golden Rose of Montreux, 2001
BBC British Personality of the Year
1993
Alive And Kicking
Monaco Red Cross, Monte Carlo Television Festival, 1992
The Golden Nymph Award
Monte Carlo Television Festival, 1992
Commercials
Lenny has appeared in and voiced a wide variety of TV and Radio commercials including Premier Travel Inns, MFI, Kelloggs Fruit Winders and Hellmans Mayonnaise
Books
Charlie And The Big Chill
Victor Gallantz, 1999
Live Performing
Where you From?
One-man Show. Tour of UK, September - December 2007
Where you From?
One-man Show. Tour of UK, February - April 2007
Montreal Just for Laughs Festival - Britcom Gala Host July 2005
So Much Things To Say
One-man Show, co-written with Kim Fuller. Tour of Australia and New Zealand, July-August 2004
So Much Things To Say
One-man Show, co-written with Kim Fuller. Tour of UK, September-December 2004
So Much Things To Say
One-man Show, co-written with Kim Fuller. Warm-up gigs, October 2003 & Wyndhams Theatre, November 2003
One-man Stand-up
Windsor Arts Centre, 13th - 18th January 2003
Have You Seen This Man
One-man Stand-up UK Tour, 2001
Large '99
One-man Stand-up UK Tour, 1999
Lenny Henry Large!
One-man Stand-up Tour of Australia and New Zealand, 1998
Larger Than Life
One-man Stand-up UK Tour, 1996
Loud!
One-man Stand-up Nationwide UK Tour, 1994, and Tour of Australia, 1995. Also available on video
Radio
Rudy's Rare Records - Performer
BBC Radio 4, February 2008
Pick of the Year - Presenter
BBC Radio 4, Christmas Day 2007
Anansi Boys - Performer
BBC World Service, November 2007
Lenny and Will: Act 2 Presenter
BBC Radio 4, December 2006
Lenny and Will Presenter
BBC Radio 4, March 2006
The Funk Show Guest Presenter
BBC6 Music, 14th February 2004
Talking Comedy Presenter
BBC Radio 2, 31st January 2004
Recordings
Anansi Boys - Unabridged version
Harper Audio, 2005
Have You Seen This Man
Live recording of 2001 UK Tour of same name EMI, 11th November, 2002
Peter And The Wolf Narrator
EMI Classics, 2000