LENNY HENRY IN PIECES {SERIES 2, EPISODE 1} {2003
INTERNATIONAL EMMY NOMINEE} (TV)

Summary

One in this sketch comedy show hosted by jokester Lenny Henry in which he and his castmates play numerous characters. Henry opens the first episode of the second season by noting five excellent reasons to tune in. In the first sketch, lecherous old man Donovan tries to get Mrs. Johnson to let him play doctor on her. Next, in a "Pulp Fiction" spoof, two mafiosos take care of a vomiting baby. In "Blaxploitation Pope," Henry imagines himself as one-part pope, one-part John Shaft. In the final sketch, a divorced couple must unite to explain to their son why his goldfish has died. This episode also introduces "The Polar Bears," a series of animations about a group of disgruntled captive polar bears at Dudley Zoo.

Details

• NETWORK: BBC 1 (United Kingdom)
• DATE: March 21, 2003 Friday 9:00 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:30:00
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T:79893
• GENRE: Comedy
• SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; International Collection - United Kingdom
• SERIES RUN: BBC (United Kingdom) - TV series, 2002-
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Jon Plowman … Executive Producer
• Clive Tulloh … Executive Producer
• Lucy Robinson … Producer
• Hugo Sands … Producer
• Mark Chapman … Producer
• Matt Lipsey … Director
• Lenny Henry … Writer
• George Jeffrie … Writer
• Eamonn O'Neill … Writer
• James O'Neill … Writer
• Charles Peattie … Writer
• Chris Reddy … Writer
• Martin Shea … Writer
• Bert Tyler-Moore … Writer
• Mark Warren … Writer
• Morwenna Banks … Writer
• Lenny Barker … Writer
• Gary Coley … Writer
• Kim Fuller … Writer
• Bobby Joseph … Writer
• Willie Dowling … Music by
• Lenny Henry … Host
• Bob Hoskins … Guest
• Tony Gardner … Cast
• Roger Griffiths … Cast
• Gresby Nash … Cast
• Tracy-Ann Oberman … Cast
• Ellen Thomas … Cast
• Fiona Welburn … Cast
• Earl Cameron … Cast
• Omid Djalili … Cast
• Simeon Gunn … Cast
• Tyra McKenzie-Gray … Cast
• Hugh Ross … Cast
• Aaron Shosanya … Cast