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The Lenny Henry Show

All Episodes 1987 - 1988

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  • 1987-10-27T20:30:00Z
  • 30m
  • 12h (24 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Comedy
Delbert Wilkins (Lenny Henry) is a DJ working on a pirate radio station in Brixton, London. In spite of the fact that the Brixton Broadcasting Company only attracts a small number of listeners, Delbert likes to think of himself as something of a "radio megastar".

24 episodes

Series Premiere

1987-10-27T20:30:00Z

1x01 Sonny Sidles Up

Series Premiere

1x01 Sonny Sidles Up

  • 1987-10-27T20:30:00Z30m

He may be Brixton's 'Prince of Cool', but how will pirate broadcaster, style-counsellor and fashion model Delbert Wilkins handle the hot potato of an unexpected intrusion into his private life?

1987-11-03T20:30:00Z

1x02 Leg of Darkness

1x02 Leg of Darkness

  • 1987-11-03T20:30:00Z30m

Alex invests in some meat of dubious origin, so Julie, the kebab house's one-woman Green Party, tries to convince Delbert of the difference between 'crucial' and 'critical'.

1987-11-10T20:30:00Z

1x03 Play Misty Blue for Me

1x03 Play Misty Blue for Me

  • 1987-11-10T20:30:00Z30m

Delbert is the confident Cupid of the Brixton Broadcasting Corporation's 'soul search' phone-in.

1x04 Money's Too Tight to Mention

  • 1987-11-17T20:30:00Z30m

Delbert's belief in the cash-free society is put to the test.

1987-11-24T20:30:00Z

1x05 Out on Bails

1x05 Out on Bails

  • 1987-11-24T20:30:00Z30m

Delbert and PC Monkhouse plan a cricket match to improve Brixton's community-police relations, but Sergeant Lillie is determined to put a riot shield in their wheel.

Season Finale

1987-12-01T20:30:00Z

1x06 A Mega-Star is Born

Season Finale

1x06 A Mega-Star is Born

  • 1987-12-01T20:30:00Z30m

The kebab house goes up-market, the radio station goes middle-of-the-road, and Delbert's mum just goes.... forcing Delbert Wilkins, star of the 'BBC', to wonder where his future lies.

Season Premiere

1988-09-15T19:30:00Z

2x01 Back to My Roots

Season Premiere

2x01 Back to My Roots

  • 1988-09-15T19:30:00Z30m

When the irrepressible Delbert Wilkins' TV career comes to an unscheduled end, he sets up a pirate radio station to rival his old, now legal, Brixton Broadcasting Corporation, controlled by Winston.

1988-09-22T19:30:00Z

2x02 Enterprise Zones

2x02 Enterprise Zones

  • 1988-09-22T19:30:00Z30m

This must be a mistake, right? Geezers getting money out of banks with no questions asked and no nylon tights over their heads! I'd better check this out.' Not that Delbert Wilkins needs dosh, of course... especially when it's Winston asking for it!

1988-09-29T19:30:00Z

2x03 The Single Life

2x03 The Single Life

  • 1988-09-29T19:30:00Z30m

The Big Brixton Posse, Delbert and Winston, is back together, out gigging again. The music's crucial, the floor is hot, the crowd is immense!

1988-10-13T19:30:00Z

2x04 In-Laws and Out-Laws

2x04 In-Laws and Out-Laws

  • 1988-10-13T19:30:00Z30m

Alex's Brixton Broadcasting Cor-what-a-Bore-ration and Crucial FM are in totally fierce competition. I should be sharpening up my play-list, but my mum wants me to hang with my new stepfather, Trev - that's 'T' for 'Trouble' - 'R' for 'Rigid'!

1988-10-20T19:30:00Z

2x05 The Crucial Health

2x05 The Crucial Health

  • 1988-10-20T19:30:00Z30m

Just because I'm laid up in hospital doesn't mean that Delbert Wilkins is out of action, right? I'm officially 'crucial' not 'critical'.

1988-10-27T20:30:00Z

2x06 Public Enemy

2x06 Public Enemy

  • 1988-10-27T20:30:00Z30m

Delbert, suffering in the cause of his art, refuses to give in. 'Winston is reading this out for me, because my broken jaw's got more wire round it than Greenham Common!'

Season Premiere

1987-10-27T20:30:00Z

3x01 Pratt Outta Hell

Season Premiere

3x01 Pratt Outta Hell

  • 1987-10-27T20:30:00Z30m

Vince, motorcycle despatch rider and master of the verbal wheelie, scorches his way through the metropolis in a leather-gussetted mission of life or death.

1987-11-03T20:30:00Z

3x02 Popsi

3x02 Popsi

  • 1987-11-03T20:30:00Z30m

Popsi is a traditional Jamaican barber. To him, blow waves and mousse are technological mysteries on a level with the silicon chip and the roasting bag.

1987-11-10T20:30:00Z

3x03 Gronk Zillman

3x03 Gronk Zillman

  • 1987-11-10T20:30:00Z30m

The greatest detective in history is about to travel into the future to solve a crime that won't happen for years. You might think that's impressive.

1987-11-17T20:30:00Z

3x04 Neighbourhood Watch

3x04 Neighbourhood Watch

  • 1987-11-17T20:30:00Z30m

There are some men digging a hole in the road. Are they the same men who dug it up after the last lot filled it in after it was dug up by the lot before last who didn't fill it in?

1987-11-24T20:30:00Z

3x05 What a Country

3x05 What a Country

  • 1987-11-24T20:30:00Z30m

It's 1955: Desmond King, just arrived from Jamaica, sees England as a civilised land of unlimited job opportunities where you can make a fortune faster than Rudyard Kipling can make cakes. Is it possible to be this wrong?

1987-12-01T20:30:00Z

3x06 Heavenly Romance

3x06 Heavenly Romance

  • 1987-12-01T20:30:00Z30m

Heavenly Romance, the new video teen-magazine, tells the boy-meets-girl story in words, pictures and music. That is, sight and sound; taste, touch and smell have been banned. The question is: does it all work out in the end?

Season Premiere

1988-09-15T19:30:00Z

4x01 Back to My Roots

Season Premiere

4x01 Back to My Roots

  • 1988-09-15T19:30:00Z30m

When the irrepressible Delbert Wilkins' TV career comes to an unscheduled end, he sets up a pirate radio station to rival his old, now legal, Brixton Broadcasting Corporation, controlled by Winston.

1988-09-22T19:30:00Z

4x02 Enterprise Zones

4x02 Enterprise Zones

  • 1988-09-22T19:30:00Z30m

This must be a mistake, right? Geezers getting money out of banks with no questions asked and no nylon tights over their heads! I'd better check this out.' Not that Delbert Wilkins needs dosh, of course... especially when it's Winston asking for it!

1988-09-29T19:30:00Z

4x03 The Single Life

4x03 The Single Life

  • 1988-09-29T19:30:00Z30m

The Big Brixton Posse, Delbert and Winston, is back together, out gigging again. The music's crucial, the floor is hot, the crowd is immense!

1988-10-13T19:30:00Z

4x04 In-Laws and Out-Laws

4x04 In-Laws and Out-Laws

  • 1988-10-13T19:30:00Z30m

Alex's Brixton Broadcasting Cor-what-a-Bore-ration and Crucial FM are in totally fierce competition. I should be sharpening up my play-list, but my mum wants me to hang with my new stepfather, Trev - that's 'T' for 'Trouble' - 'R' for 'Rigid'!

1988-10-20T19:30:00Z

4x05 The Crucial Health

4x05 The Crucial Health

  • 1988-10-20T19:30:00Z30m

Just because I'm laid up in hospital doesn't mean that Delbert Wilkins is out of action, right? I'm officially 'crucial' not 'critical'.

1988-01-27T20:30:00Z

4x06 Public Enemy

4x06 Public Enemy

  • 1988-01-27T20:30:00Z30m

Delbert, suffering in the cause of his art, refuses to give in. 'Winston is reading this out for me, because my broken jaw's got more wire round it than Greenham Common!'

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