Sir Lenny Henry's last Comic Relief hurrah! As the beloved comedian takes to the Red Nose Day stage for one final time, MailOnline looks back at the most memorable moments of his five-decade career

Sir Lenny Henry made his final Comic Relief appearance tonight as the host of Comic Relief, appearing with Maya Jama and David Tennant. Sir Lenny takes to the stage during Comic Relief Live at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 1986 Presenters for the Night of TV 1989 launched Red Nose Day 1989 on the Terry Wogan Show. Sir Lenny joins pop icons the Spice Girls for Red Nose Day in London in 1997 Jennifer Saunders, Tony Robinson, Jonathon Ross and Lenny Henry all pose with red noses at the launch of Red Nose Day 1991 The 65-year-old was honoured with a tribute from McFly as they sang their 2005 Red Nose Day single It's All About You, before it was revealed Sir Lenny had helped raise £1.5B since 1988 Before becoming the face of Red Nose Day, Sir Lenny was famed for his edgy stand-up routines and outrageous characters that would poke fun at his Jamaican roots. Sir Lenny Henry onstage during Comic Relief Live at London Palladium on February 26, 2024 Before becoming the face of Red Nose Day, Sir Lenny was famed for his edgy stand-up routines and outrageous characters that would poke fun at his Jamaican roots In later years, the actor and comic has become an activist fighting for racial equality, having previously claimed to have been used as a 'political football' when he appeared in 'black face' on the Black And White Minstrels show as a teenager in the 1975 In an on-air chat, she told her co-presenter Dan Walker: 'Every time I have been told, as a woman of colour, to go back to where I came from, that was embedded in racism,' adding: 'I'm not accusing anyone of anything here, but you know what certain phrases mean.' 'I was born in August 1958 and, in many respects, I was a surprise – not least to Mama, who hadn't banked on producing yet another Henry while her husband was still in the Caribbean,' he wrote in his autobiography 2022: Sir Lenny joins David Tennant and Alesha Dixon during the Red Nose Day night of TV for Comic Relief on March 18, 2022 in Manchester Red Nose Day returns!