Where is Lenny Henry?
After Tiswas, and the failure of O.T.T, Lenny found a home with the alternative comedy scene, then in its infancy. Lenny kept his TV profile up by appearing as one of “Three Of A Kind”, a BBC comedy sketch show which also featured Tracy Ullman and David Copperfield. It was also had sketches contributed by ex-Tiswas writers such as Kim Fuller. During his flirtation with the alternative comedy scene, Lenny got bit parts in the Comic Strip films and a guest appearance in the cult TV sitcom The Young Ones. In 1984, primetime came calling when Lenny gained his own series, The Lenny Henry Show, on BBC1, which exhibited his stand-up routines as well as long-running sketches. He introduced a whole new range of characters, including pirate radio DJ Delbert Wilkins. The show was a success, and continued to be repeated for the rest of the 80s. The last ever series of the 80s saw the show turn into a sitcom dedicated around Delbert Wilkins. In the mid-80s, he married Dawn French, one of the stars
