Guy Henry will resurrect the role of highly intellectual and enigmatic, Swedish-born Henrik Hanssen – former CEO and director of surgery at Holby City. Viewers last saw Hanssen choose family over medicine when he returned to Sweden to spend time with his son and grandson. However, Hanssen’s desire to bring his surgical brilliance back to Holby has got the better of him and Guy Henry explains how...
A touch of class: How an inspirational teacher kickstarted Lenny Henry’s comedy career
It was a science teacher at his secondary modern school who first gave Henry a helping hand towards stardom. Jim Brookes, a teacher at the Blue Coat school in Dudley, west Midlands, realised that, when it came to science, perhaps Henry’s heart was not in it. “Mr Brookes recognised that I was doing silly voices in class all the time and trying to be funny,” says the 51-year-old...