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A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
Sir Lenny Henry discusses the books that have made him with Kit de Waal.
  1. A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
    46:40
    A Big Book Chat with Sir Lenny Henry
  2. "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
    02:17
    "I'd only read a handful of recipe books when I was asked to write one"
  3. "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
    02:15
    "I didn't realise how quietly rebellious I was being"
  4. Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
    46:48
    Digging In: How Our Food Shapes Our Lives
  5. "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
    01:13
    "I never knew more than the four streets that I lived on"
  6. "It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
    02:06
    "It made it acceptable to talk about kinky sex"
  7. "Audiobooks on the walk - tick!"
    02:00
    "Audiobooks on the walk - tick!"
  8. New Heroes: A Search For Role Models In Difficult Times
    40:31
    New Heroes: A Search For Role Models In Difficult Times
  9. "How you perceive things and how you are perceived can be at such odds"
    03:39
    "How you perceive things and how you are perceived can be at such odds"
  10. "It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
    02:37
    "It doesn't bother me if people work out on page one who the killer is"
  11. "The library was my salvation"
    01:07
    "The library was my salvation"
  12. “Both me and him were in tears”
    01:45
    “Both me and him were in tears”
  13. “Black fatherhood is definitely something we don’t see enough”
    02:06
    “Black fatherhood is definitely something we don’t see enough”
  14. "It was an all-consuming masculinity"
    02:38
    "It was an all-consuming masculinity"
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