I wish I’d stood up to racism more, says Sir Lenny Henry
When a 16-year-old Lenny Henry won New Faces in 1975 with impersonations of Frank Spencer and Tommy Cooper, he couldn’t have imagined he’d become an award-winning Shakespearean actor...
Sir Lenny Henry's tells how as a teenager he beat the bigots and …
Sep 21, 2019 · Sir Lenny Henry's hotly awaited autobiography Who Am I, Again? details the racist abuse he received while growing up and how using humour to tackle it sparked his career in comedy.
Sir Lenny Henry: 'You can analyse this now, but the whole thing …
Oct 5, 2019 · When a 16-year-old Lenny Henry won the talent show New Faces in 1975 with his comic impersonations of Frank Spencer and Tommy Cooper, he couldn't have imagined he'd go on to be an award-winning...
Lenny Henry: How I turned to comedy to beat racist bullies
Sep 22, 2019 · Sir Lenny Henry has revealed how he first turned to comedy to beat the racist bullies who targeted him at school. The comic said he realised humour was a ‘weapon’ he could use to fight back against one particular pupil who tormented him as a teenager.
Lenny Henry: I do wish I had stood up to racism more
Oct 7, 2019 · WHEN a 16-year-old Lenny Henry won the talent show New Faces in 1975 with his comic impersonations of Frank Spencer and Tommy Cooper, he couldn't have imagined he'd go on to be an award-winning...
Who Am I, Again? Lenny Henry leaves audience wanting more
Nov 10, 2019 · A couple of years ago, Lenny Henry discovered that Bob Monkhouse had kept a VHS tape of Henry’s TV debut on the entertainment show New Faces. He was just 16. He had begun his routine,...
Lenny Henry CBE - SpeakOut
He was aged 17 when he appeared as a comic and impressionist on the talent show New Faces. Lenny did a Frank Spencer impersonation, and although he lost the competition in the final round, he had made his mark.
Lenny Henry - Wikipedia
Henry's formative years in comedy were spent in working men's clubs, where he impersonated mainly white characters, such as the Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em character Frank Spencer. His earliest television appearance was on the New Faces talent show in 1975, aged 16, which he won with impersonations of Frank Spencer, Stevie Wonder and others. [12]His first manager was Robert Luff, who signed him ...
Pete Price: One-man show reveals a serious side of Sir Lenny
Nov 28, 2019 · His first appearance on New Faces changed his life forever. Picture this if you’ve never seen the TV show, a young, vibrant, 16-year-old on a talent show. He was an impressionist, looking into...
The Voice: 40 years of Black British Lives by Lenny Henry - Goodreads
His formative years were spent in working men's clubs, where his act was as a young black man impersonating white characters such as the Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em character Frank Spencer (whom he impersonated on New Faces).