In Africa we talked to little kids who’d lost their entire families
Lenny was involved in Comic Relief from the beginning in 1985.
He says: “Richard Curtis went to Africa to see what we could do and I think he was shocked. He went in one room and everybody was dead.
“He went to another room and people were half dead. He went into another room and people were just about going to survive. He asked what the comedy community could do to help.”
From that moment, Brits fell in love with Comic Relief and Red Nose Day – the first one raised £15 million. Lenny also visited countries like Ethiopia and Somalia to make important documentaries about how donations were desperately needed. “It was tough. We talked to little kids who had lost their families. I talked to a great grandfather who had lost his kids and their kids and he was in charge of the great grandchildren.
“He said if there’s any trouble in Britain, get a message to me and I’ll sort it. People were brilliant..”