Talk:Lenny Henry

message: I just heard something on TV about this so I looked it up on youtube: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2MCYzb1vENQ
It says that Lenny Henry was the first black person to appear on this show (check the info). Why isn't this mentioned?
Its utterly bizaare and I can't believe a show like that existed so recently. Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_and_White_Minstrel_Show. Its mentioned there with a source from the BBC website. He was in it for five years and was the first black comedian on it.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.223.176 (talk) 10:35, 18 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Black & White Minstrel Show 

message: I've removed "dreadful" from the sentence about this show since it's clear POV. The reason I'm mentioning it here as well is that I actually rather liked Chef!, so am declaring a bit of an interest. I'd have removed "fantastic" as well, though, as it would be equally POV. Something like "poorly received", or a quote from someone saying it was "dreadful", would be fine if someone can find a reference. Loganberry (Talk) 13:18, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chef! 

message: Why the revert all the way back to december?  The article has improved somewhat since that date, and the revert appears to achieve little beyond removing information and re-introducing typographical errors.  So I reverted back to yesterday's version. Blufive 19:37, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits 9th May 2006 

message: Trivial gossip removed. This is meant to be an encyclopedia, but the entry looks like a snoopy tabloid fluff.  Please can we keep this to the important stuff? ... which doesn't include the exact date the subject got his BA, or  his planned house move, surely. Trevor H. (UK) 01:28, 24 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edits 23rd Dec 2007 

message: I took the following out as they have no reference, and a Google of "Lenny Henry The Car" produced a single hit - this article:
:Original plans for a new sketch show in 2009 have recently been put on hold. Named 'Lenny Henry The Car', producers were upset when they discovered Lenny already had a car with the same name. Talks are currently on-going.
and 
:In 2007, Lenworth and his wife Dawn got a cat and named it Lenny Henry The Cat after the comedian. Currently the cat is enjoying a good quality of life. Loganberry (Talk) 16:14, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed passages 

message: Is this tour/DVD not notable? Biscit (talk) 11:00, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: So much things to say

message: I think he's much better known for Comic Relief than for Chef. I remember an interview with (I think) The Radio Times in which he said that "People who watch me on Comic Relief might wonder what I do for the rest of the year, if they're not into Chef." (not exact quote). Saul Taylor
:Depends. Chef has at least some exposure this side of the Atlantic, while Comic relief gets none. DJ Clayworth 03:58, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  However he is not a celeb outside the UK. A larger number of people will know him for Comic Relief.74.65.39.59 (talk) 20:13, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

text: I have to agree 100% with that.  He's synonymous with Comic Relief in the UK yet there's *one* mention of it in the article...ONE mention!  As far as I know, Lenny Henry's been a host *every* year so far and always supports the charity...surely this is a major part of who he is a a person and should be in the article? SmUX 01:12, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Comic Relief: significant?

message: Incidentally I find it hard to believe that up until I edited it, we had the man's real name wrong! It's been wrong for eighteen months. Where did we get Lenworth Hinton from? Pigsonthewing? DJ Clayworth 03:58, 27 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: With all due respect to Lenny (whom I admire greatly), I don't think the words of the article's subject can be considered reliable. Some try to hide their background for various reasons, personal or professional or other. Lenny is a notoriously private person and may not want his family bothered by his fans or journalists. What was the name of his first wife? as there is no mention of her on this site Some BLP subjects may give false information to hide their real age, or previous names. DavidFarmbrough (talk) 12:59, 17 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Real name

message: this could be merged here, but i think the TV show needs an article in it's own right.  Most TV series of similar significance have their own articles. Andrewjlockley (talk) 01:25, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Brixton Broadcasting Corporation]]

message: ...is nowhere near Worcestershire. Try West Midlands. :) 81.23.53.165 (talk) 20:27, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: IIRC, Dudley was part of Worcestershire up until 1966, and Henry was born before that (in 1958).  —Sladen (talk) 20:30, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dudley 

message: when did lenny henry get his CBE?! and why? surely there should be info on his page about this! 62.30.163.182 (talk) 20:48, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: fair point - answers to both questions now added. Tallguyuk (talk) 21:59, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  CBE? 

message: August 29, 1958 - the same day that Michael Jackson was born  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.81.38.66 (talk) 19:01, 8 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  His birthday - the same day that Michael Jackson was born 

message: Persondata to be removed (now officially deprecated). No text needs to be added. Data has been transferred to Wikidata.
Eagleash (talk) 09:23, 13 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Now done; protection expired. Eagleash (talk) 09:30, 14 June 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected edit request on 13 June 2015 

message: This article says he and Dawn French were married in Westminster whereas French's article says they were married in Covent Garden. Either one of the articles is wrong or they had a v-e-r-y large wedding party. 208.81.28.208 (talk) 16:57, 22 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Marriage location 

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message: He just said on BBC Radio 4 in conversation with Louis Theroux that his name, Lenworth was chosen by his mother as he was delivered by a Dr Lenworth. He was only called Lenworth by his school teachers. 81.187.1.83 (talk) 19:48, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, the link to the show is here: Grounded with Louis Theroux. JezGrove (talk) 20:24, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Which points to quite a bit more about him here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/Y0Vm65Kfjqh9XCPTSjkQNN/nine-things-we-learned-when-sir-lenny-henry-spoke-to-louis-theroux 81.187.1.83 (talk) 20:59, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lenworth