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David Tennant, Romesh Ranganathan, Alesha Dixon and AJ Odudu: The runners and riders in line to replace Sir Lenny Henry as host of Comic Relief's Red Nose Day

Here MailOnline lists some of those runners and riders that are tipped to fill his shoes in the iconic presenting slot.

Alison Hammond, Davina McCall, Dame Joan Collins, Nick Grimshaw, Rosie Jones, Simon Cowell and more join Sir Lenny Henry in new sketch to launch campaign for 2024 The activist - who was the subject of an ITV special, titled Lenny Henry: One Of A Kind, in which he is celebrated by famous friends including Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Elton and Richard Curtis - said the topic became increasingly more important to him. Sir Lenny co-hosted the first Comic Relief show in 1988, which raised £15million during an eight-hour TV event featuring some of the top stars of the day (he is pictured with partner Lisa Makin in November 2023)

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