Topic: Russell Lewis

Russell Lewis (born 1963) is a British television writer and former actor.

Lewis began his career as a child actor, first appearing in the 1969 film adaptation of The Looking Glass War. He also starred as George Gathercole in The Kids from 47A.

By the mid-1980s Lewis had begun to write for television series; some of his episodic writing credits include shows for Kavanagh QC and The Bill. Lewis has co-written three of the Sharpe films, Sharpe's Battle, Sharpe's Challenge and 2008's Sharpe's Peril. He also penned several episodes of Cadfael and an episode of Hornblower. He also appeared in an episode of London's Burning in 1989.