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4 unusual facts about Adrian Lester


Adrian Lester

Lester also appeared as Ellis in the hit sitcom Girlfriends from 2002 to 2003, playing a film star who dated Tracee Ellis Ross's character, Joan.

Also, in The Day After Tomorrow, Lester had a minor role as Simon, one of the three researchers who drink a toast of "twelve-year-old Scotch" shortly before freezing to death.

The character was written out of the fourth series and replaced by Ashley Walters, although he returned from the fifth series onwards.

Paul Blackman

Many writers, actors and company’s developed their work at BAC during Blackmans tenure included Theatre de Complicite, Ridiculusmus, Clod Ensemble, Told by an Idiot, The Right Size, Talking Pictures, Trestle, Phil Wilmot and the Steam Industry, Jack Shepherd, Arthur Smith, Joe Penhall, Adrian Lester, Douglas Hodge, Paul Merton, Caroline Quentin and Ken Campbell.


Amy Robbins

Robbins has also appeared on film, playing the part of Maureen in the 2001 film Strange Relations alongside Julie Walters and Paul Reiser, Bryony in the 1997 musical film Up On The Roof alongside actor Adrian Lester, Darla in the 1998 TV movie Nightworld: 30 Years to Life for American channel HBO starring actor Robert Hays, and Sylvie in the 2002 film Killing Me Softly.

Eastside Educational Trust

Eastside Educational Trust's celebrity patrons include but are not limited to: Denys Baptiste, Quentin Blake, Samantha Bond, Patti Boulaye, Katie Derham, Jenny Eclair, Frederick Forsyth, Henry Goodman, Richard E Grant, David Harewood, Anish Kapoor, Martha Kearney, Soweto Kinch, Mark Lawson, Adrian Lester, Sharman Macdonald, Curtis Walker, Zoë Wanamaker, Sir Arnold Wesker, Samuel West and Gary Wilmot.


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