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5.8/10 TV First episode date October 1987 No. of series Three | 5.3/10 IMDb Country of origin United Kingdom Genre Comedy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance Cast Lenny Henry, Hugh Laurie, Vas Blackwood, Gina McKee, Alexei Sayle Similar The Comic Strip, The Omid Djalili Show, Legacy of Murder, French and Saunders, Victoria Wood As Seen On | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The lenny henry show 1987 s01e01 sonny sidles up
The Lenny Henry Show is a comedy sketch show (and in its 1987-88 incarnation, a sitcom) featuring Lenny Henry. It was originally broadcast between 1984 and 1988, and was later revived twice, in 1995 and 2003-2005.
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- The lenny henry show 1987 s01e01 sonny sidles up
- Tanya from the lenny henry show uk
- Original version 1984 85
- Sitcom incarnation 1987 88
- 1995 revival
- 2003 revival
- References
Tanya from the lenny henry show uk
Original version (1984-85)
The original version of the show ran for two series on BBC 1 in 1984 and 1985. Each series had six episodes. A 40-minute special was aired in December 1987. Recurring guests include Nicholas Lyndhurst (3 episodes) and Robbie Coltrane (2 episodes). Bands featured on the 1984 series included Musical Youth and Second Image.
Sitcom incarnation (1987-88)
Two further series broadcast in 1987-88 kept the same name, but followed a sitcom (rather than sketch-based) format. This version starred Henry as Delbert Wilkins, a well-meaning but trouble-prone pirate radio DJ. At the end, Wilkins went "legit", gaining a job with the BBC World Service, and a son.
1995 revival
The show was revived for one series in 1995; it failed to pick up audiences and was axed not long after.
2003 revival
Lenny Henry revived the format once again in 2003, with stand-up and recurring sketches and recurring star Gina Yashere.
Hugh Laurie appeared in the role of a Professor with a space probe called the Beagle in 2004.