Talk:Lenny Henry

Black & White Minstrel Show

I just heard something on TV about this so I looked it up on youtube: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2MCYzb1vENQ It says that Lenny Henry was the first black person to appear on this show (check the info). Why isn't this mentioned? Its utterly bizaare and I can't believe a show like that existed so recently. Also, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_and_White_Minstrel_Show. Its mentioned there with a source from the BBC website. He was in it for five years and was the first black comedian on it.. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.44.223.176 (talk) 10:35, 18 January 2009 (UTC)

There's lots about this in his autobiography, could add this with a reference. RomQuant (talk) 18:15, 7 January 2021 (UTC)

County of birth ;

I recently edited this from Worcester to West Midlands and stand corrected that it should indeed be Worcester however, should it be made clear that it was Worcester at that time somehow ? I was born in Dudley and did not know this historic fact but the (I assume) document(s) using this time set method of birthplace could help avoid confusion with an advisory to help people understand. I also realise this is more a wiki issue than a Lenny issue. 84.65.223.68 (talk) 12:44, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

Hi IP born in Dudley. After correcting your edit, I added the text "<!-- It was NOT West Midlands in 1958 when he was born there -->" to the edit page. As stated at Template:Infobox person#Parameters "What the place may correspond to on a modern map is a matter for an article's main text." so we do not add "now West Midlands", or similar text, to the infobox. Best wishes - Arjayay (talk) 12:58, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

I would like to point out that:

1. Worcester is a town/city and Worcestershire is a county. Do not confuse the two.

2. Dudley is in Sandwell and has been for centuries! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.97.208.182 (talk) 07:49, 9 October 2025 (UTC)

MOS:ETHNICITY

How come the lead has Henry's ethnicity in it? Halbared (talk) 10:56, 28 April 2026 (UTC)