Lenny Henry: Cradle To Rave

Cradle To Rave sees Henry return to his roots with a show about the thing he loves most: music. The show explores the role music has played, and will play, at every stage of Henry's life from the womb to the tomb. Henry's stand-up career began in 1975 when he was signed by manager Robert Luff. The following year he won the ITV talent show New Faces and took part in a touring production of the Black And White Minstrels show, something he later voiced his regret for. His television career flourished, with appearances in LWT sitcom The Fosters and becoming co-presenter on children's TV show Tiswas until 1981. He went on to write and perform for BBC show Three Of A Kind with Tracey Ullman and David Copperfield, and became a star in his own right with a self-titled BBC show. In the 1990s he starred as Gareth Blackstock in Chef! On top of his comedy acting, Henry has been the voice of a shrunken head in Harry Potter, played an integral part in the BBC's Comic Relief fundraising shows and took the title role in the Northern Broadside production of Othello.