Career
Lewis began his career as a child actor, first appearing in the 1969 film adaptation of The Looking Glass War. In 1972 Russell played Winston Churchill, age 7, in the movie "Young Winston." He also starred as George Gathercole in The Kids from 47A. He appeared in an episode of London's Burning in 1989.
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.
In 2009, Russell adapted Agatha Christie's novel The Pale Horse for the fifth series of ITV's Agatha Christie's Marple starring Julia McKenzie, which first aired in 2010.
He wrote the Inspector Morse prequel Endeavour which was first broadcast on 2 January 2012.
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