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Where would we be without Caribbean art and culture?

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Published date17 June 2022
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Lenworth - better known as Lenny - George Henry was their first child born in the UK, and 17 years later would take his first major step on the road to fame after winning the 1975 New Faces talent show

He went on to appeat in The Fosters, the UK's first comedy featuring a predominantly black cast, and was among the presenting team of madcap Saturday morning show Tiswas, all the while establishing himself as a household favourite with appearances on the likes of Celebrity Squares and Seaside Special.

In 1984 Lenny landed his own comedy show, and a year later co-founded Comic Relief.

Throughout the Noughties, Lenny continued to burnish his comedy credentials but also honed his dramatic acting chops, taking the title role in the 2009 Northern Broadsides production of Othello, and showcasing his writing talent with the 2010 web series Conversations with my Wife.

The year after, Lenny made his debut at the Royal National Theatre in London in The Comedy of Errors, and he was knighted in 2015. Later this year he will be among the cast of the Lord of the Rings TV series, playing Sadoc Burrows.

But there's more to him than being phenomenally talented on either the comedy or theatre stage. He's also a vocal and tireless champion for greater ethnic diversity on British TV.

He once said: "I'm used to being the only black person wherever I go. There was never a black or Asian director when I went to the BBC.

"Eventually I thought 'where are they all?' I spent a lot of time on my own."

He's achieved so much, but it really does feel as though the 63-year-old star is just getting into his stride, and this joyous, two-part celebration...

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