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Russell Lewis (born 11 September 1963) is an English television writer and former actor. He created and wrote the Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour (2012–2023), and the first two series of Grace (2021–2022).
Russell Lewis is a UK-born writer and actor, known for creating and writing Endeavour, Grace and Inspector Lewis. He also played the young Winston Churchill in Young Winston and appeared in several TV shows and movies.
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Russell Lewis is the creator and sole writer of ITV's Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour, a show that references classic films and literature. He is also a former child actor, a rock musician and a recluse who avoids the spotlight.
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Feb 8, 2019 · Russell Lewis, the creator and writer of Endeavour, the prequel series to Inspector Morse, talks to Den of Geek about the show's evolution, challenges and endgame. He reveals the themes and events of series 6, set in 1969, and how he balances respecting the source material and creating new stories.
- ‘The Dead of Jericho’ Choir and Blenheim Palace
- Lonsdale College, ‘The Remorseful Day’, and Fred’s Turn
- Robbie Lewis, Dci Mcnutt, ‘Codex’ and Falstaff
The very first episode of Inspector Morse‘The Dead of Jericho’ (1987) featured the detective’s choir rehearsing for, and then performing ‘My Soul There is a Country’ in black tie. ‘Exeunt’ ends with Morse in black tie performing as part of the Oxford Scholars’ Choral Association dress rehearsal at Blenheim Palace. That’s also not the first time Ble...
While the choir performance in ‘Exeunt’ echoes the very first Inspector Morse episode, the music performed references the very last. In ‘The Remorseful Day’ (2000), Morse visits the fictional Lonsdale College (Endeavour’s alma mater) to interview a doctor and former paramour of murder victim Yvonne Harrison. The detective finds the doctor rehearsin...
As soon as a character from the North-East with the surname Lewis turned up in Endeavour Series 9 episode ‘Prelude’, fans were alert to a possible link with Inspector Morse’s famous DS Robbie Lewis… and in ‘Exeunt’, that link was confirmed. Young Andy Lewis had been murdered by DI Lott’s men for investigating the disappearance of his mother Brenda,...
Jun 16, 2023 · Russell Lewis, who wrote all 36 episodes of “Endeavour,” predictably emphasizes archival associations in the final three 90-minute episodes. A grisly, partly unresolved story line from Season...
Feb 26, 2023 · Despite letters home, lessons in Latin and a large collection of toy soldiers in “his early life”, it’s the vivid memory of hearing Scottish pop group, Middle of the Road’s rendition of Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep blaring out of a radio at Shepperton Studios in the summer of 1971, that Russell Lewis – the writer of all thirty-six ...
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