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The
Past
Past
´óÏó´«Ã½ comedy shows with predominately black casts have included Empire
Road, The Lenny Henry Show,
Us Girls and Chef!.
Empire
Road
Drama
set in an ethnic community in a Birmingham suburb, the main focus
being Emoire Road.
The
show ran for two series in 1978 and 1979.
Directors
– Alex Marshall, Michael Custance, Horace Ove
Producer – Peter Ansorge
Writer – Michael Abbensetts
Cast
included:
Norman
Beaton, Wayne Laryea, Rudolph Walker, Trevor Butler.
The
Lenny Henry Show
A
comedy series starring Lenny and his unique sense of humour including
a variety of sketches with appearances by a host of people.
The
show ran for four series in 1984, 1987, 1988 and 1995. There was
also a Christmas special in 1988.
Directors
– Geoff Posner, Juliet May
Producer – Geoff Posner
Writers included - Ian Brown,
Kim Fuller, David Hanson, James Hendrie and Lenny Henry.
Cast
included:
Lenny
Henry, Jane Gordon, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders,
Jan Ravens, Gary Beadle, Bhasker Patel, Robert Bathurst and Robbie
Coltrane.
Us
Girls
Two,
six part comedy series that transmitted in 1992 and 1993 on ´óÏó´«Ã½
ONE about the cultural conflict within a three-generation family,
who live together in North London.
Director
– David Askey
Producer – David Askey
Writer – Liselle Kayla
Cast
included:
Joanne
Campbell, Mona Hammond, Dona Croll, Trevor Etienne and Trevor Laird.
Chef!
Comedy
series starring Lenny Henry as Gareth Blackstock, a flamboyant top
chef at one of Britain's smartest restaurants, Chateaux Anglais.
The
show ran for three series over 1993, 1994 and 1996 on ´óÏó´«Ã½ ONE.
Directors
– John Birkin, Dewi Humphreys
Producer – Charlie Hanson
Writers – Peter Tilbury, Geoffrey Dean, Paul
Makin
Cast
included:
Lenny
Henry, Roger Griffiths and Caroline Lee Johnson.
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