Sir Lenny Henry
speaker
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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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth · Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry · 8 May 2026
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And the kid says, what do you think?
And my mum...
My mum's face... My mum's face twitched.
And I was allowed to go in and have my tea.
And then from then on, she was my biggest fan.
So when I said hello to her on the telly, that was it for me.
And I knew that was it for me because I'd been announced as Lenny Henry, but at home I was Len.
I was called Len.
And then when the Expressing Star came to my house to do an interview with mum and take pictures of me, and they asked her, how do you feel about his success?
Yeah, that was the audition.
And then television, that was a year later.
I was 16.
Well, they make a lot of you, but you've still got to get a car.
Oh.
Because, I don't know if you know this, but when you're a teenager, if you haven't got a car, it's very tough at the disco.
Because you say, you, hello, my name, have you got a car?
No.
Next!
It was a bit like that.
But girls were really, you know, because, you know, humour is a wonderful icebreaker.
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