Red Nose Day total reaches £34m during Comic Relief’s 40th anniversary The charity fundraiser saw sketches from some of the biggest shows on the BBC. Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2025
Red Nose Day hosts reveal current total stands at £17.5m Comic Relief was co-founded by Sir Lenny Henry and Love Actually screenwriter Richard Curtis in 1985. Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2025
Sir Lenny Henry looks back at 40 years of Comic Relief during Red Nose Day The comedian hosted his final Red Nose Day last year after almost four decades at the helm. Evening Standard · Mar 21, 2025
Comic Relief 2025: release date, sketches, presenters, interviews and everything we know about Red Nose Day Comic Relief 2025: Get ready for a special night of fun and fundraising as Comic Relief turns 40. WhatToWatch · Mar 12, 2025
Queen welcomes stars to palace for young writers’ competition The young finalists had their entries read in the palace’s ballroom by a group of celebrities. Evening Standard · Feb 26, 2025
Sir Lenny Henry receives Freedom of the City of London The comedian and actor joins previous recipients including Dame Judi Dench and Damian Lewis. Evening Standard · Feb 20, 2025
Missing You: from Rosalind Eleazar to Richard Armitage, who plays who in the hit Harlan Coben adaptation? The big new Netflix show has landed – but where have you seen its stars before? Evening Standard · Jan 1, 2025
How to watch Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl online – stream brand new movie from Aardman Animations for free The lovable duo make a momentous return as Feather McGraw looks for revenge in this brand new feature film. Here's how to watch Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl online anywhere. TechRadar · Dec 25, 2024
Richard Armitage and Rosalind Eleazar on why you'll binge Missing You in one sitting Missing You stars Richard Armitage and Rosalind Eleazar talk about teaming up for the latest Netflix Harlan Coben adaptation WhatToWatch · Dec 24, 2024
TV tonight: darts heaven in a new access-all-areas documentary Just in time for the World Championships, a new series takes us deep inside the world of darts. Plus, Lenny Henry goes head to head with Romesh Ranganathan. Here’s what to watch this evening The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2024
Netflix shares first look at new thriller series from Fool Me Once creator starring Slow Horses and Top Boy actors Missing You is Harlan Coben's next Netflix adaptation Total Film · Oct 3, 2024
Netflix reveals exciting first look at new Harlan Coben thriller Missing You Harlan Coben's Missing You is coming to Netflix in the new year. WhatToWatch · Oct 3, 2024
‘James Earl Jones boomed this massive laugh - then hugged me’: Lenny Henry and Don Warrington remember their hero The actors explain how Jones influenced their careers and exactly what made him such a towering presence – as well as such a magnetic afternoon tea companion The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2024
‘You know your show is garbage!’: inside TV’s biggest backlashes From Watchmen to The Rings of Power, TV is increasingly being bombarded with outrage. We talk to the creators of shows who faced down furore, review bombing and a furious police force The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Jul 25, 2024 UK voter ID laws attack ‘democratic rights of people of colour’, say artists in open letter Exclusive: Lenny Henry, Anish Kapoor and Marianne Jean-Baptiste among those calling for Keir Starmer to scrap rules
The Guardian - UK · Jun 28, 2024 Increase in Black artists on Glasto bill reflects cultural shift After Lenny Henry’s 2022 criticism of lack of diversity, this year’s bill features Janelle Monáe, Danny Brown, Little Simz and more
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2024 Racism ‘baked in’ to theatre world as white workers paid 20% more, damning report finds Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Tara Theatre study looks at challenges facing producers from the global majority
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2024 Lenny Henry questions future of Black dramas as his show Three Little Birds is axed Show was cancelled despite drawing nearly 3 million viewers
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2024 Lenny Henry rues fate of black TV dramas after Three Little Birds axed Exclusive: Star’s Windrush ITV show cut after just one series as TV industry loses funding streams
Evening Standard · May 15, 2024 King hosts celebrity guests at Buckingham Palace garden party to champion creative industries Celeb guests included Maya Jama, Louis Theroux and Sir Ridley Scott
The Guardian - UK · May 3, 2024 My future is bleak: can I go on without the all-you-can-eat unlimited Premier Inn breakfast? With the chain selling off 126 restaurants, I’m worried. Will I be able to get the bottomless glasses of orange juice I need, asks writer Rich Pelley
The Guardian - UK · Apr 11, 2024 Letters: Michael Blakstad obituary John Harding writes: He used his television contacts to get stars such as Rory Bremner and Lenny Henry to do dry runs of future series
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024 From getting sexy with Cilla to nearly slipping a disc: Lenny Henry’s best Comic Relief moments It’s the comedian’s final night as host of the TV telethon. As he hangs up his red nose for the last time, here are his most joyful highlights from 36 years of freestyle fundraising
WhatToWatch · Mar 15, 2024 Missing You: how to watch, recaps, trailer, cast, plot and everything we know Missing You is a Harlan Coben thriller on Netflix with an all-star cast.
The Guardian - UK · Mar 15, 2024 TV tonight: Lenny Henry bows out after nearly 40 years of Comic Relief Funny for Money also stars David Tennant, Davina McCall, Alan Partridge – and the cast of W1A. Plus: Fantasy Football League. Here’s what to watch this evening