Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy concentrates primarily on British comedy of colour over the last five decades. Each film focuses on a particular area of comedy; sitcom, stand-up and sketch comedy.

Through the series there are contributions from a whole host of comedy greats including Meera Syal, Paul Whitehouse, Gina Yashere, Stephen K Amos, Javone Prince and Richard Curtis.

Series details

• Title: Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Comedy
• Premiere date: 2019-10-15
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-10-17
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: U&GOLD
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 44327

Cast and credited roles

• Lenny Henry — Lenny Henry

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-10-15; final listed air date 2019-10-17; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

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