The Lenny Henry Show

The Lenny Henry Show
Written by	Lenny Henry plus: Series2: Chris Reddy
Starring	Lenny Henry
Theme music composer	Simon Brint
Country of origin	United Kingdom
No. of series	Three

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.

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.

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.

The show was revived for one series in 1995; it failed to pick up audiences and was axed not long after.

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.

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