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Comic Relief 2026: when is it, who is in it and what to look forward to

A favourite Red Nose will be brought back from each decade as Comic Relief celebrates 40 years

Evening Standard

Comic Relief 2024 — release date, sketches, presenters, interviews and everything we know about Red Nose Day

Comic Relief 2024 — this year’s fundraising extravaganza will be Sir Lenny Henry’s final stint as host.

WhatToWatch

Sir Lenny Henry reveals he quit Comic Relief in part to missing former co-hosts including ex-wife Dawn French

The 65-year-old will step down from hosting the annual telethon after 39 years

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Steve Brown obituary

Composer and lyricist who was a long-time collaborator of Steve Coogan and Harry Hill, and co-created the award-winning musical Spend, Spend, Spend

The Guardian - UK

Sir Lenny Henry to host Comic Relief for final time this year

After 39 years, the charity’s co-founder steps down as presenter to allow ‘new and familiar faces’ to take the role

The Guardian - UK

Sir Lenny Henry to step down from presenting Comic Relief after 39 years to 'give someone else a go'

Sir Lenny said there is a wealth of talent that could take over the role he has held since 1985

Evening Standard

Celebrities reveal their political allegiances, 1991

Ben Elton and Lenny Henry were backing Neil Kinnock; Bob Monkhouse and Steve Davis supported John Major

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S Club avoids awkward run-in with ex member Hannah Spearritt at Cirque Du Soleil premiere

Relations between the Dancing On Ice star and the pop group are said to have soured when it was announced she would not be joining them on their 2023 reunion tour

Evening Standard

Winter Survival Appeal: Sir Lenny Henry asks Londoners to dig deep as total hits £2.25m

Our Christmas drive with Comic Relief to help Londoners in poverty has passed £2.25 million, thanks to a £50,000 donation from TK Maxx and Homesense, as Sir Lenny Henry called on the public to dig deep to support “the most vulnerable in our communities”.

Evening Standard

The blockbuster book festival returns: Hay announces first wave of 2024 guest speakers

The annual festival will once again unite ‘great minds and fascinating people who’ve looked at the world from different viewpoints’ for a week of wide-ranging debate

The Independent UK

The week in TV: Three Little Birds; Life on Our Planet; Mamma Mia! I Have a Dream; The Burning Girls – review

Lenny Henry’s heartfelt Windrush drama pulls its punches, Netflix can only dream of David Attenborough – and how much Abba can Corfu take?

The Guardian - UK

They have all earned Britain’s thanks: 20 Black heroes who should be on a postage stamp

To mark Black History Month, we asked an all-star panel to tell us who they would celebrate for their contribution to British society

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Edward Enninful: British Vogue editor-in-chief named UK's most influential black person

Stormzy, Ncuti Gatwa, Sir Lenny Henry and Mo Gilligan also feature on the list

Evening Standard

TV tonight: a joyous celebration of Lenny Henry

An ITV film exploring the prolific actor and musician’s work is a tonic. Plus, Lucy Beaumount’s turn on Taskmaster disgusts even the unflappable Julian Clary. Here’s what to watch this evening

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Three Little Birds review: A disturbing, effective look at how this country treated the Windrush generation

Anyone with a sense of racial justice, or just common decency, ought to be appalled by what they see in Lenny Henry’s excellent miniseries

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Three Little Birds review – Lenny Henry’s Windrush drama is way too sanitised

The star’s semi-autobiographical period drama about Jamaican immigrants moving to England in the 50s fails to get under the skin of its characters. It needs more grit

Evening Standard

Three Little Birds on ITVX review: Lenny Henry's Windrush drama is a triumph

This story pulls no punches in showing the ugly truth of this immigrant story, inspired by his own mother's experiences

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Lenny Henry’s fond, soulful Windrush drama

From Jamaica to Dudley: three women receive a chilly welcome in the UK. Plus, another Attenborough nature epic arrives, touting whales, sea angels and archerfish. Here’s what to watch this evening

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The Independent UK

Lenny Henry and the cast of Three Little Birds on their powerful Windrush drama: ‘Our long existence here isn’t a fairytale’

The ITV series brings a version of Henry’s mother’s ‘legendary’ stories to the screen. Nicole Vassell hears about the making of the show and the poignant message at its centre

The Guardian - UK

Lenny Henry hopes Windrush drama will generate conversation about immigration

Three Little Birds, based on stories of Henry’s family in 1950s, is not ‘Disneyfication’ of prejudice his parents’ generation encountered

The Guardian - UK

‘I watched it and burst into tears’: Lenny Henry on his poignant, hilarious ode to Windrush

Russell T Davies helped Henry turn his family’s tales of leaving the Caribbean for 50s Dudley into a moving period drama. He talks sexism, racism and wishing he was more like Scorsese

Evening Standard

Black History Month: your guide to what’s happening in London

We break down the best events happening day by day

The Independent UK

Black History Month: Books black authors want all children to read

Sir Lenny Henry, Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé and more share their top picks from black authors.

The Independent UK

Winners of Portrait Artist of the Year to paint Judi Dench for Sky Arts special

The Portrait Artist Of The Decade episode will delve into the stories of previous winners.

Evening Standard

National Television Awards 2023: Holly Willoughby and Alison Hammond among stars on the red carpet

Alex Scott, Olly Murs and Katherine Ryan were among stars arriving at The O2 in London

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