Editing Lenny Henry (section)

===2000s===
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[[File:Lenny Henry red nose day 21-02-2005 - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Henry on Red Nose Day 2005]]
In 2003, Henry was listed in ''[[The Observer]]'' as one of the fifty funniest acts in British comedy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Guardian Staff |date=7 December 2003 |title=The 50 funniest people in Britain (part one) |url=http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/dec/07/comedy.thebestofbritishcomedy1 |access-date=8 December 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> He was the voice of the British [[speaking clock]] for two weeks in March 2003 in aid of Comic Relief.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The History Press {{!}} Celebrating 80 years of the Speaking Clock |url=https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/celebrating-80-years-of-the-speaking-clock/ |access-date=5 December 2020 |website=TheHistoryPress.co.uk |language=en}}</ref>

Henry voiced Dre Head, the "[[shrunken head]]" on the [[Knight Bus]], in the 2004 [[Alfonso Cuarón]] movie ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (movie)|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'', and read the audiobook version of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[Anansi Boys]]''. He also voiced Sporty on the children's show ''[[Little Robots]]''. Henry appeared in advertisements for butter products in New Zealand, commissioned by the company now known as [[Fonterra]], as well as portraying [[Saint Peter]] in the [[Virgin Mobile]] advertising campaign in South Africa. In the UK, he used his character of Theophilus P. Wildebeeste to advertise [[Alpen (food)|Alpen]] [[muesli]], and promoted the non-alcoholic [[lager]] [[Kaliber (product)|Kaliber]].

In June 2000, for a BBC documentary, he sailed a [[trimaran]] from [[Plymouth]] to [[Antigua]] with yachtsman [[Tony Bullimore]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC News {{!}} UK {{!}} Comic's yacht runs into trouble |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/775368.stm |access-date=8 December 2020 |website=[[BBC.co.uk]]}}</ref>  In 2005, he appeared in [[Birmingham]], as an act for ''Jasper Carrott's Rock with Laughter''. He appeared alongside performers such as [[Bill Bailey]], [[Jasper Carrott]], [[Bonnie Tyler]], [[Bobby Davro]] and the ''[[Lord of the Dance (musical)|Lord of the Dance]]'' troupe. In 2006, Henry starred in the BBC programme ''Berry's Way''. On 16 March 2007, Henry made a [[cameo appearance]] as himself in a sketch with [[Catherine Tate]], who appeared in the guise of her character [[The Catherine Tate Show characters#Geordie Georgie|Geordie Georgie]] from ''[[The Catherine Tate Show]]''. The sketch was made for the BBC [[Red Nose Day]] fundraising programme of 2007.

On 16 June 2007, Lenny appeared with [[Chris Tarrant]] and [[Sally James (presenter)|Sally James]] to present a 25th anniversary episode of ''[[Tiswas]]''. The show lasted 90 minutes and featured celebrities discussing their enjoyment of ''[[Tiswas]]'' as children, as well as appearances from kids and people who had appeared on the original show. In the summer of 2007, he presented ''Lenny's Britain'', a comedy documentary tour made with the [[Open University]] on [[BBC One]] on Tuesday nights. In late 2007, he hosted a stand-up comedy tour of the UK.

In early 2008, Henry's series ''lennyhenry.tv'' was broadcast on [[BBC One]]. The programme has an accompanying website of the same name and broadcasts strange, weird and generally amusing online videos and [[Closed-circuit television|CCTV]] clips. He starred in the [[BBC Radio 4|Radio 4]] show ''[[Rudy's Rare Records]]''. On 31 December 2008 and 1 January 2009, he appeared on [[Jools Holland]]'s ''[[Hootenanny (UK TV series)|Hootenanny]]'' on BBC Two, singing part of the song ''[[Mercy (Duffy song)|Mercy]]'' along with singer [[Duffy (singer)|Duffy]]. In January 2009, he appeared on the BBC's comedy show ''[[Live at the Apollo (TV series)|Live at The Apollo]]'', in which he played host for the night, introducing [[Andy Parsons]] and [[Ed Byrne (comedian)|Ed Byrne]], where he referred to Wikipedia as "Wrongopedia" for containing incorrect information about his life.

In October 2009, Henry reprised his role of Deakus to feature in comedy shorts about story writing alongside [[Nina Wadia]], [[Tara Palmer-Tomkinson]] and [[Stephen K. Amos]]. He also offers his own writing tips and amusing anecdotes in the writing tips video clip on BBC raw words – story writing. He supplied the voices of both Big and Small in the 
[[CBeebies]] children's programme ''[[Big & Small]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC – CBeebies Grownups – Big & Small |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/about/programmes/bigandsmall.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100326055808/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/about/programmes/bigandsmall.shtml |archive-date=26 March 2010 |access-date=5 October 2009 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>