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If you had a chance to check out this year's Red Nose Day earlier this month, then you know that viewers were treated to a great opener featuring Sir Lenny Henry regenerating into our Fourteenth Doctor, David Tennant (more on that in a minute) But even before that sketch, Tennant had been giving us some[...]

Now, when it comes to Doctor Who, we had a very cool segment where actor, comedian & writer Sir Lenny Henry regenerated into Tennant's Doctor (more on that below) But that wasn't the only "Whovain" reference we saw that evening, with Graham Norton, Lulu & Sam Ryder taking part in a panel to choose the[...]

And then, when we saw him in the teasers & promo images with actor, comedian & writer Sir Lenny Henry in full-on Fourteenth Doctor fashion mode, we assumed that it would be a give And thankfully, for once? We were right, with Henry joining Tennant for an opening sketch to kick off the charity drive[...]

For this go-around, Tennant is back promoting the fundraising initiative with a new trailer – but this time, he's brought actor, comedian & writer Sir Lenny Henry along for the ride Since we already have Tennant in full-on "Doctor Who" mode and we know Henry's past connections with the long-running BBC series, how can we[...]

Among those to help to bring the series to life along with diving into uncharted waters in the Tolkien-verse is star Sir Lenny Henry, who plays Sadoc Burrows, a harfoot (proto hobbit) Henry spoke with the UK Times (via Deadline) about the streamer's diverse casting beyond fair-skinned characters. Thusitha Jayasundera, Lenny Henry, and Sara Zqangobani in[...]

As production continues on author Neil Gaiman & actor/comedian Sir Lenny Henry's upcoming adaptation of Anansi Boys for Amazon's Prime Video, we've learned that Whoopi Goldberg (Star Trek: Picard) has joined the cast in a role that Gaiman describes as "going to be scary." Goldberg is set to portray Bird Woman aka The God of[...]

In a week that's already brought a huge wave of updates & announcements, author Neil Gaiman and actor/comedian Sir Lenny Henry have rounded out the cast of their upcoming adaptation of Anansi Boys for Amazon's Prime Video First reported exclusively by Deadline Hollywood, CCH Pounder (Avatar), Jason Watkins (The Crown), and Fiona Shaw (Killing Eve)[...]

First up, Sir Lenny Henry returns to host alongside former Doctor Who star David Tennant, Walk the Line judge Alesha Dixon, former Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two host Zoe Ball, and comedian Paddy McGuinness Broadcasting live from the BBC's Manchester headquarters on BBC One & BBC iPlayer in the U.K, the special event will[...]

Sir Lenny Henry has a new middle-grade novel out, The Boy With Wings, which he talked about on the BBC's Graham Norton Show last night While the headlines will have focused on Jodie Whittaker previewing the new season of Doctor Who, Dame Eileen Atkin talking about charitable blow-jobs, Billy Connelly's naked streak and Tom Daley[...]

And Lenny Henry talking about being in the Lord Of The Rings TV show on BBC Radio 4, spread all over the world. Steven S DeKnight by Gage Skidmore LITG: The ten most-read stories, yesterday Steven S DeKnight Quits Marvel Till Akira Yoshida Situation Resolved Jonathan Kent, The New Superman, Out As Bisexual From DC Comics Mattel's Masters of the[...]

And Lenny Henry talking about being in the Lord Of The Rings TV show on BBC Radio 4, spread all over the world. Lenny Henry BBC PR LITG: The ten most-read stories, yesterday Sir Lenny Henry On Being A Black Hobbit In The Lord Of The Rings Steven S DeKnight Quits Marvel Till Akira Yoshida Situation Resolved What If…? Episode[...]

And Lenny Henry talking about being in the Lord Of The Rings TV show on BBC Radio 4, spread all over the world. Lenny Henry BBC PR LITG: The ten most-read stories, yesterday Sir Lenny Henry On Being A Black Hobbit In The Lord Of The Rings What If…? Episode 9 Review: A Bad Show Ends on Even Worse[...]

Joining Laurence O'Fuarain, Sophia Brown, and Michelle Yeoh are Sir Lenny Henry ("Lord Of the Rings" Series) as Balor, Mirren Mack (The Nest) as Merwyn, Nathaniel Curtis (It's A Sin) as Brían, and Dylan Moran (Black Books) as Uthrok One-Nut In addition, Deadline Hollywood reports that Jacob Collins-Levy (Young Wallander) is set for the role of[...]

With the streamer and celebrated author set to begin production (fingers crossed) on the second season of Gaiman and Sir Terry Pratchett's Good Omens this fall comes news that Gaiman and actor/comedian Sir Lenny Henry would be teaming up to write a six-episode live-action limited series adaptation of Anansi Boys for Amazon With filming set[...]

Amazon Studios produces, in conjunction with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema. Promo screen cap image from The Lord of the Rings series video (Image: Amazon Prime Video) The prequel series stars Robert Aramayo, Owain Arthur, Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Budge, Morfydd Clark, Ismael Cruz Córdova, Ema Horvath, Markella Kavenagh, Joseph Mawle, Tyroe Muhafidin,[...]

Sir Lenny Henry has brought back his eighties BBC comedy sketch show The Lenny Henry Show, to BBC Radio 4 Which means he can open the first show with an effects-heavy sketch as the superhero saving the day Comet Or as everyone insisted on calling him, Black Comet It rather gets on his nerves… noting[...]

Do you know he played a renegade Time Lord in the BBC 2001 audio drama Doctor Who: Death Comes to Time? That was a totally noncanonical story that killed off the 7th Doctor at the end. Oh, and Lenny Henry – should we call him Sir Lenny Henry now? The Queen knighted him – as a[...]

Written by showrunner and head writer Chris Chibnall, the second-half of the series premiere will air on Sunday, January 5 – with subsequent episodes airing on Sundays. BBC Last month, Doctor Who fans learned that Stephen Fry, Sir Lenny Henry CBE, Goran Višnjić, and Robert Glenister would be joining Jodie Whittaker's 13th Doctor during Series 12, and[...]

He and veteran actor Robert Glenister are both joining BBC's Series 12, along with Lenny Henry and Stephen Fry. BBC For Višnjić, it's about what it means to go from fan to family member: "I've always been a huge fan of Doctor Who, so when the offer to play one of my favorite people in history came,[...]

Looking at our handy online calendar, what this means is that at a minimum we're at least 2 months away from Jodie Whittaker's return as the 13th Doctor… but it's never too early to start getting a look at what awaits! BBC With time ticking down until the show makes some kind of reveal on November 23[...]

BBC Radio 4's Today Programme this morning, ran a feature towards the end of its three hour broadcast, looking at the ethnic makeup of modern day comic book creators. Today's edition of the show was guest-edited by long-standing British comedian, writer and producer Lenny Henry, who rocketed to media attention this year after preaching about the[...]

Where the character normally works for a newspaper or a radio station, we have made our main character the director of a social media site, to bring it into the modern era. So, like Clark Kent now then… SPIDER-FAN British Comedian Lenny Henry has an Amazing Fantasy cover for his iPhone…   INDIAN COMICS GET POLITICAL Well, it worked for IDW[...]

The first of these was Arthur Christmas, released earlier this month, but my tour took me onto the set of their next big project, The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, which is being directed by co-founder Peter Lord. This film stars the voices of Hugh Grant, Martin Freeman, Lenny Henry, and Ashley Jensen as a[...]

I can see the headline on BleedingCool.com tomorrow." – Warren Ellis to Lenny Henry. Sorry Warren, you'll have to settle for the top quote instead Yesterday, as part of the Comica 2011 Festival in the City of London, comedian and actor Lenny Henry took to the stage to interview Warren Ellis, before the UK premiere of[...]

EllisWatch: Warren Ellis is being interviewed on stage tomorrow by Lenny Henry, as part of the UK premiere of Captured Ghosts, a documentary on his work and life I'm in it somewhere. MooreWatch: Pádraig Ó Méalóid talks to Steve Moore about his new novel. "Without giving away too much of the plot, it's a historical fantasy [...]