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

Inspector Morse Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, GM, is the eponymous fictional character in the series of detective novels by British author Colin Dexter. On television, he appears in the 33-episode drama series '' Inspector Morse'' (1987–2000), ...

'' prequel '' Endeavour'' (2012–present), and the first two series of ''

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'' (2021-2022).

Career

Lewis was born in

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and began his career as a child actor, first appearing in the films ''

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'' (1970) and ''

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'' (1971). He played the 7-year-old Winston Churchill in ''

Young Winston ''Young Winston'' is a 1972 British biographical adventure drama war film covering the early years of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, based in particular on his 1930 book, ''My Early Life''. The first part of the film covers Churchill' ...

'' (1972), and featured in the 1973 horror films '' Tales That Witness Madness'' (as a boy who befriends an invisible tiger) and '' Voices''. He also starred as George Gathercole in ''

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''. 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 ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Wycliffe'', ''

'', '' Kavanagh QC'', '' The Ambassador'', '' Monsignor Renard'', ''

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'', '' Without Motive'', ''

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'', '' Murphy's Law'', '' Spooks'' and ''

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''. 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 ''

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'' and an episode of '' Hornblower''. In 2009, Russell adapted Agatha Christie's novel ''

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'' 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 '' Endeavour'' 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 Lynne Miller (WPC Cathy Marshall), released o
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Lewis wrote ''

'', 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

Writers' Guild of Great Britain The Writers' Guild of Great Britain (WGGB), established in 1959, is a trade union for professional writers. It is affiliated with both the Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the International Affiliation of Writers Guilds (IAWG). History The un ...

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

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* {{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