Lennie James

A Number review – Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu scintillate as father and sons

The powerhouse duo’s effortless chemistry and emotional realism brings Caryl Churchill’s cloning tragedy blazing into new life

Arifa Akbar

02, Feb, 2022 @1:06 PM

Lennie James: ‘I wasn’t willing to let somebody else decide what my ambition should be’

The Walking Dead and Save Me actor and writer on his return to theatre, why he left to work in the US, and what his mum would think of his career choice

Arifa Akbar

20, Jan, 2022 @2:00 PM

Lennie James meets Paapa Essiedu: ‘I was probably in the last wave of actors who needed to go to the US’

The stars of The Walking Dead and I May Destroy You on great TV, grief and black British culture

Kemi Alemoru

19, Dec, 2020 @7:30 AM

The 50 best TV shows of 2020: 50-1

Michaela Coel’s smart, subversive and taboo-breaking drama gave us absolutely unbeatable television – plus more of the year’s best

18, Dec, 2020 @8:09 AM

The best TV shows of 2020 so far

The Nest rose above other primetime thrillers, the bizarre world of Tiger King captivated us, while Feel Good brought some much-needed laughs to our screens

Hannah J Davies, Ammar Kalia and Toby Moses

13, May, 2020 @5:00 AM

Gemma Arterton and James Norton among 50 UK actors to star in coronavirus plays

Digital series Unprecedented: Theatre from a State of Isolation will focus on upheaval in British life caused by the pandemic

Lanre Bakare

21, Apr, 2020 @11:35 AM

The week in TV: Save Me Too, Ozark, Money Heist, Pen15 and more

Lennie James’s brilliant stolen child thriller returns

Euan Ferguson

05, Apr, 2020 @8:30 AM

Save Me Too review – a gripping thriller with emotional heft

Twisty plots and tough subject matter come together, as Lennie James’s excellent drama about a father’s quest to find his missing daughter returns

Rebecca Nicholson

01, Apr, 2020 @9:00 PM

On my radar: Lennie James’s cultural highlights

The actor and writer on Muhammad Ali, Uncut Gems and why Desert Island Discs is an essential for a Brit in the US

Kadish Morris

29, Mar, 2020 @9:00 AM

From Lennie James to Akala, black Britons celebrate Martin Luther King

Half a century ago, Martin Luther King was assassinated and the civil rights movement lost its greatest leader. Here, prominent black British cultural figures discuss the power of his words

Jackie Kay, Lennie James, Pauline Black, Irenosen Okojie, Guy Gunaratne, Reni Eddo-Lodge, Bola Agbaje, Paapa Essiedu, Roy Williams, Benjamin Zephaniah and Akala

25, Mar, 2018 @8:30 AM