#Sir Lenny Henry

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Harfoots are Liverpool FC fans confirmed

You'll never walk alone Harfoots

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Alloyed and Season 1 – TV Review

TL;DR – I was captured by the joyful sincerity that permeated the whole season.          ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 4.5 out of 5. Disclosure – I paid for the Amazon Prime service that viewed this episode. The Rings of Power Review – When I started watching The Rings of Power, I went into it with a moment of trepidation. The Lord of the Rings holds a special place in my heart because they were the first…

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'...Stars including Hollywood actress Whoopi Goldberg, Britain's Got Talent judge Alesha Dixon along with former Doctor Who actor David Tennant have spoken of the legendary star and how he has impacted them and society as a whole...

Doctor Who star David Tennant wasn't far behind with giving his opinion on the iconic star, as he starred with him in TV crime drama Broadchurch. He added: "I can’t imagine anyone saying ‘I don’t like Lenny Henry’. That doesn’t seem possible. He’s such a part of our culture in this country. When I was growing up, you were either a Swap Shop kid or a Tiswas kid. And I was very much Team Tiswas. I even used to get the Tiswas magazine, that’s how much of a fan I was. There was something so extraordinary about that show. It was so fresh and anarchic. It felt a bit naughty. Lenny has this amazing singing voice. As soon as he opened his mouth on The Masked Singer, you knew it was Lenny."

He continued: "Lenny was such a fantastic addition to Broadchurch, both in terms of the way he embodied that character and everything he brought to it, but also just to have him around was a treat. It’s a relatively late-starting career as a dramatic actor but he’s caught up pretty quickly."'

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Lenny Henry's book takes to the stage at south London theatre

The Polka Theatre’s summer 2025 season will feature the world premiere of The Boy With Wings, a stage adaptation of Lenny Henry’s best-selling children’s book. Stage struck: comedian and actor Sir Lenny Henry is about to have his first book adapted for the theatre A co-production with Birmingham Rep, The Boy With Wings has been written for the stage by Arvind Ethan David and is to be directed by…

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Friday 7th June 2024

WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL

Feathers McGraw is BACK in Aardman’s new feature-length film in the Wallace & Gromit franchise. The iconic bird villain was last seen 30 years ago in the 1993 Wallace & Gromit film ‘The Wrong Trousers’ - which Aardman have been celebrating with many limited edition collaborations and releases - but his return was recently hinted at in a background cameo of the Chicken Run sequel ‘Dawn of the Nugget’.

‘Vengeance Most Fowl’ is directed by Nick Park, with the screenplay by Mark Burton (Curse of the Were-Rabbit, Early Man, Shaun the Sheep, Madagascar). It will star Ben Whitehead as the voice of Wallace, alongside Peter Kay as returning ‘Were-Rabbit’ character Albert Mackintosh, Lauren Patel, Reece Shearsmith, Diane Morgan, Adjoa Andoh, Muzz Khan, and Sir Lenny Henry.

The 70 minute film will first debut on BBC One & iPlayer this Christmas (2024) before getting a worldwide release on Netflix at a later date.

More on the release from BBC Media Centre.

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My Top Albums/EPS of 2025

It's that time again where I give y'all my end-of-the-year music list and take over your dashboard. Hopefully some of these projects or artists will be new to you.

I would love for y'all to tell me your faves this year.

Here's my list:

JAZZ

Charles McPherson - Reverence

Christian McBride & Edgar Meyer - But Who's Gonna Play the Melody

Christian Sands - Embracing Dawn

Immanuel Wilkins - Blues Blood

Jazzmeia Horn - Messages

Jeremy Pelt - Tomorrow's Another Day

Joel Ross - nublues

Kamasi Washington - Fearless Movement

Keyon Harrold - Foreverland

Lakecia Benjamin - Phoenix Reimagined (Live)

Miles Davis - Miles '54: The Prestige Recordings

Miles Davis Quintet - Miles In France 1963 and 1964 - The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8

New Brass Band featuring Trombone Shorty - Live at the 2024 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

Nubya Garcia - Odyssey

Samara Joy - Portrait

SOUL/BLUES (ROCK)

Baby Rose with BADBADNOTGOOD - Slow Burn (EP)

Brittany Howard - What Now

Christone “Kingfish” Ingram - Live in London (Expanded Edition)

Jerron Paxton - Things Done Changed

Jovin Webb - Drifter

Lizz Wright - Shadow

GOSPEL

Cory Henry - Church

Karen Clark Sheard - Still Karen

Ricky Dillard - Choirmaster II (Live)

Tamela Mann - Live Breathe Fight

COUNTRY/AMERICANA

Beyoncé - Cowboy Carter

Brittney Spencer - My Stupid Life

Caitlyn Smith - I Think of You (The Heartache Collection)

Elles Bailey - Beneath the Neon Glow

Gabby Barrett - Chapter and Verse

Lainey Wilson - Whirlwind

Luke Combs - Fathers & Sons

Mickey Guyton - House On Fire

Rvshvd - It's Rashad

Tanner Adell - Buckle Bunny (Deluxe) — 2023 album

FOLK

Bessie Jones, John Davis & The Georgia Sea Island Singers - The Complete Friends of Old Time Music Concert

Jessica Pratt - Here In the Pitch

Yasmin Williams - Acadia

ROCK

The Black Keys - Ohio Players (Trophy Edition)

Lenny Kravitz - Blue Electric Light

Linkin Park - From Zero

Olivia Rodrigo - Guts (spilled)

Sum 41 – Heaven :x: Hell

BLENDED GENRES

Amythyst Kiah - Still and Bright

Boney James - Slow Burn

Charlotte Day Wilson - Cyan Blue

Eva Cassidy - Walkin' After Midnight

Gallant - Zinc

Judith Hill - Letters From a Black Widow

Madison Ryann Ward - Purified Love

Marsha Ambrosiuos - CASABLANCO

Matthew Whittaker - On Their Shoulders: An Organ Tribute

Tank and The Bangas - The Heart, The Mind, The Soul

Victoria Monét - Jaguar II: Deluxe

Willow Smith - empathogen

R&B

Andra Day - CASSANDRA (cherith)

Avery*Sunshine - So Glad to Know You

BJ The Chicago Kid - Gravy (Deluxe)

Derand Benarr - En Route

Kenyon Dixon - The R&B You Love: For the '99 and the 2000s

Kyle Dion - If My Jeans Could Talk

Lalah Hathaway - VANTABLACK

Ledisi - Good Life

Lucky Daye - Algorithm

Muni Long - Revenge

NxWorries - Why Lawd?

Ravyn Lenae - Bird's Eye

SiR - HEAVY

Usher - Coming Home

RAP

Big Sean - Better Me Than You

Common & Pete Rock - The Auditorium Vol. 1

Doechii - Alligator Bites Never Heal

Kendrick Lamar - GNX

LL Cool J - The Force

MC Lyte - 1 of 1

Rapsody - Please Don't Cry

ScHoolboy Q - BLUE LIPS

POP

Ariana Grande - Eternal Sunshine

Billie Eilish - HIT ME HARD AND SOFT

Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want To Turn Into You: Everasking Edition

Chappell Roan - The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess

Christina Aguilera - The 25th Anniversary of Christina Aguilera

Gavin DeGraw - Chariot 20

James Bay - Changes All the Time

Sabrina Carpenter - Short n' Sweet

Teddy Swims - I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 1.5)

Tori Kelly - TORI.

HOUSE/ELECTRONIC

Durand Bernarr & Charlie Vettuno - Charlie Vettuno Presents… Where in the World is Carmen Randiego?

KAYTRANADA - TIMELESS

HOLIDAY

Boney James - Soulful Holiday Sax

Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis Wish You a Swinging Holiday

Jennifer Hudson - The Gift of Love

Kelly Clarkson - When Christmas Comes Around...Again

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David Tennant / The Fourteenth Doctor at Comic Relief Red Nose Day March 2023

Excerpt from Doctor Who Magazine #589:

Doctor Who executive producer Phil Collinson tells DWM: "A lot of people have thanked us for contributing to Comic Relief when, in fact, we had nothing to do with it! Though we're delighted to be associated with such a good cause. David's always had a long association with them, so the first we knew of it was when a request came through from Comic Relief, asking if we'd be happy with a scene of Sir Lenny Henry regenerating into David. We said, 'Oh yes, fire away, help yourself.' To be honest, I was pleased that they'd even asked, it was very considerate of them! "I think the initial plans were very elaborate, to create a full re-staging of Jodie's regeneration into David. But a message came through a few weeks later - because of schedules and deadlines, they asked if they could simplify it. Again, of course, no worries - we were honoured simply to be mentioned in the same breath!

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BREAKING BAD / BETTER CALL SAUL UK FANCAST

Walter White: Hugh Dennis

Jesse Pinkman: Richard Ayoade

Skyler White: Sarah Millican

Hank Schrader: Bob Mortimer

Marie Schrader: Paul Whitehouse

Walter ‘Walt’ White Jr: David Tennant

James ‘Saul Goodman’ McGill: Lenny Henry

Kim Wexler: Gwendolyn Christie

Mike ‘Finger’ Ehrmantraut: Peter Capaldi

Gustavo Fring: Harry Hill

Charles ‘Chuck’ McGill: Sir Patrick Stewart

Howard Hamlin: Hugh Laurie

Tuco Salamanca: David Mitchell

Hector Salamanca: Matt Lucas

Lalo Salamanca: Mark Strong

Albuquerque, New Mexico: Sheffield, South Yorkshire

Brandon ‘Badger’ Mayhew: James Acaster

Skinny Pete: Josh Widdecombe

Ignacio ‘Nacho’ Varga: Mark Heap

Huell Babineaux: Brett Goldstein

Agent Gomez: Vic Reeves

Lydia: Mark Gatiss

Jane: Daniel Radcliffe

Todd: Rosie Jones

the random kid who Todd kills: James Corden

Holly White: Brian Blessed

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And I want to ask, because I’ve been writing up the casting news as its been announced and the ensemble you’ve gathered is incredible. Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield, Rebecca Ferguson, Jennifer Saunders, Nicola Coughlan, Jessica Gunning, and that’s before we mention Sirs Lenny Henry and Michael Palin or the supporting cast. How did you do it?

Well, there is a snowball effect when people got what we were doing — it’s slightly different. And it was very true-hearted, and there was only one type of cast member who joined the film. And it was like a religious conversion that when it landed with them, what we’re doing, they were just [like], “I have to be in this.” And more and more crazy people were doing that.

Someone like, say, Nicola Coughlan, who’s basically the leader [of the group of the tree’s inhabitants], Moonface (Nonso Anozie) thinks he’s the leader of the tree gang, but it’s really Silky (Coughlan) who runs it. She was absolutely amazing and was very passionate about doing it. She’s an unbelievably perfect Silky. And Rebecca Ferguson was just crazy, at the end, and she was just just fantastic to work with, so fun and creative. I think they all like the freedom because we worked very closely with VFX…. We’re very much not hiding the VFX. We’re not saying that there are no VFX like we’ve made a magic trick. But it meant that the actors had a really good amount of stuff to see and touch and feel and do, so they could improvise. So it has this quite fresh performance style. Andrew and Claire, who were just the most amazing parents of this family. They taught me so much, and they’re so lovely, and Claire is such a natural performer. It’s just incredible how good she is. And Andrew is just brilliant.

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David Tennant has been regularly involved in Red Nose Day and children in need from 2005-2006ish in various roles and has actually been co-presenting comic relief the last few years

Sir Lenny Henry actually said he would like DT or Ncuti Gatwa to take over presenting when he leaves after this year (he also mentioned Dave Chapelle but we don’t talk about that)

But yeah it’s hilarious how the British try anything to get him in TV when they can

That’s so crazy that Lenny Henry named two of the coolest most trans-ally celebrities out there and then was like “also Dave Chappelle”? but DT or ncuti gatwa is also who I’d want

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Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl - Movie Review

TL;DR – A fun blast of nostalgia and charm, but not much more than that. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Rating: 3.5 out of 5. Post-Credit Scene – There is no post-credit scene.Disclosure – I paid to watch this film Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl Review – One of the great joys, when I was a kid, was being stuck in my mother’s university library, bored out of my brain, but then discovering they had this VHS…

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Sir Dr. Lenworth George Henry CBE (August 29, 1958) is a British actor, comedian, singer, television presenter and writer.

He gained success as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s and early 1980s, culminating in The Lenny Henry Show in 1984. He was the most prominent Black British comedian of the time and much of his material served to celebrate and parody his African-Caribbean roots.

He co-founded the charity Comic Relief. He has appeared in numerous other TV programs, including Tiswas, Chef!, and The Magicians, and in his later years has transitioned toward acting roles on stage and screen. He appears in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

He is the chancellor of Birmingham City University.

He was born in Dudley to Albert Augustus Green and Winifred Louise Henry who had emigrated to Britain from Jamaica. The fifth of seven children, he was the first child of the family to be born in the UK. He attended St John’s Primary School and The Blue Coat School, before completing his schooling at W.R. Tuson College.

He was asked by Sky Arts to produce Lenny Henry’s Got The Blues. He worked with a group of musicians to produce the album New Millennium Blues. The album consists of both covers of blues classics, as well as original tracks co-written by Lenny. He released a “hard-hitting animated blues video” titled The Cops Don’t Know.

He has published four books, two autobiographies, and two young adult fantasies.

He married Dawn French (1984-2010) and had one child.

He obtained a BA Hons in English Literature from the Open University an MA in Screenwriting for TV and Film and a Ph.D. In Media Arts from Royal Holloway, University of London. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

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British icons Sirs Lenny Henry, Michael Palin and Simon Russell Beale have also been announced and will play “a trio of mystical wise men from the Land of Know-Alls.”

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David Tennant: Red Nose Day, Sir Lenny Henry and... more Staged? 🔴

They wouldn't have to be on Zoom screens all the time. They could either do it as a mockumentary of them finally doing rehearsals for the play they were going to do. Or they could do it on Zoom but have it take place over a long period of time with just checking in on occasion.

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Can I get a wahoooo???