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Legends of Comedy with Lenny Henry

The award-winning comedian, actor and writer meets four of the country’s most iconic comedians to explore just how to make comedy gold. Each episode sees Lenny carve up the career and work of his funny guest, taking a deep dive to discover how they – and other comedy icons – made their mark.

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Documentary
Comedy
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First Aired on

Nov 16, 2024

1 seaons till Dec 07, 2024

Popularity: 6.9325
1 votes
Networks
(GB)
Production

Douglas Road Productions (GB)Red Sauce Productions (GB)

Status: Returning Series

In Production

Last episode: Alexei Sayle

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 4 episodes

Series 1

Sir Lenny Henry brings us this insightfully amusing take on the art of creating comedy gold, as he takes a trip down memory lane with comedy legends to see how they, and their heroes, made their mark.

Aired

4 Episodes
  • Episode 1Paul Whitehouse46 min

    Lenny meets Paul Whitehouse in the West End, where he's starring as Grandad in a stage version of Only Fools and Horses. Together, they explore a career that spans over four decades, from The Fast Show to Gone Fishing. Lenny finds out how Paul created his characters, who he was inspired by and how his most creative collaborations came about with his chief partner in crime, Harry Enfield.

  • Episode 2Sally Philips46 min

    Lenny joins Sally Phillips for a cup of herbal tea and a lot of laughs as they look back over Sally's career and some of the best sketch comedy of the last 30 years, including the award-winning Smack the Pony, Veep, Miranda, I'm Alan Partridge and the Bridget Jones movies. Lenny and Sally also dive into how comedy improv really works and how to manufacture the perfect on-screen laugh.

  • Episode 3Romesh Ranganathan46 min

    Overview not available

  • Episode 4Alexei Sayle46 min

    Overview not available

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