Russell Lewis (born 11 September 1963) is an English television writer and former actor. He is the writer of the '' Inspector Morse'' prequel ''

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'' (2012–present), and the first two series of '' Grace'' (2021-2022).

Career

Lewis was born in London and began his career as a child actor, first appearing in the films '' The Looking Glass War'' (1970) and '' Sunday Bloody Sunday'' (1971). He played the 7-year-old Winston Churchill in '' Young Winston'' (1972), and featured in the 1973 horror films ''

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'' (as a boy who befriends an invisible tiger) and '' Voices''. He also starred as George Gathercole in '' The Kids from 47A''. He appeared as the young Lucius in ''

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'' (1976) and in an episode of '' London's Burning'' in 1989. By the mid-1980s, Lewis had begun to write for television series; his writing credits include episodes of '' Perfect Scoundrels'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Inspector Morse'', ''

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'', '' The Ambassador'', ''

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'', '' Playing the Field'', '' Without Motive'', ''

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'', '' Murphy's Law'', '' Spooks'' and '' Lewis''. Lewis has co-written three of the '' Sharpe'' films, '' Sharpe's Battle'', ''

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'' and 2008's ''

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''. He also penned several episodes of '' Cadfael'' and an episode of ''

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''. In 2009, Russell adapted

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's novel '' The Pale Horse'' for the fifth series of ITV's ''

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'', starring

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, which first aired in 2010. He devised and wrote the ''Inspector Morse'' prequel ''

'' which was first broadcast on 2 January 2012. He wrote the pilot film and all 32 of the subsequent one-hour-thirty instalments so far, ranging from Series 1 in 2013 to Series 8 in 2021. Series 9 is expected to air later in 2022 as the final series after 10 years on air. In 2021, Lewis recorded an Audio Commentary for the first episode of ''

'' that he wrote, entitled "Forget-Me-Not", alongside actress

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(WPC Cathy Marshall), released o
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Lewis wrote '' Grace'', which is based on the bestselling books by author Peter James. The first series was one standalone episode, with the second series premiering on 24 April 2022.

Awards

In 1993, Lewis won the

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TV - Original Drama Series Award for '' Between the Lines''. The award was shared with the other writers of the show at the time, J.C. Wilsher, Rob Heyland, Steve Trafford and Michael Russell.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Russell 1963 births Living people People from Sutton Coldfield British television writers Male actors from Birmingham, West Midlands English male child actors English male television actors English male film actors English television writers English screenwriters English male screenwriters British male television writers