Sir Lenny Henry

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1,588 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 24 Jun

Sir Lenny Henry’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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I thought, that's what that dream was about.

That dream was telling me that something was going to happen to me.

My destiny was manifest.

And if I worked hard and just threw myself into it, maybe...

something would happen to me that would be different to everything that happened to my peers and my other brothers and sisters.

And it did happen.

Gareth, Bert, whatever your name is.

My mum used to do that with all of us.

Hilton, Seymour, Len, Kay, whoever it is, pick up this.

So my mum backslid.

Because she got to England and this thing happened and there was lots of sadness and whatever.

And she didn't go to church for ages.

Mainly because there weren't really many churches to go to in the Midlands if you were black.

I mean, church, it was different to Jamaican church, which was...

Me glory, glory.

And she was a big woman.

And people going, get off me, woman.

And she's saved and she's got the spirit.

Black church is different to English church.

Dearly beloved, here we are.

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