Brinsley Forde Honours for services to the arts. Brinsley Forde Brinsley Forde MBE (born 16 October 1953, Islington, North London) is best known as the founder member of the reggae band Aswad and as a child actor in the children's television series "Here Come the Double Deckers" (1970–71). Forde appeared as Herman in two episodes of the sitcom "Please Sir!". He appeared as Wesley in the feature film of the same name in 1971. He appeared in the James Bond film "Diamonds Are Forever" and the television programme "The Georgian House". In 1980 he starred in "Babylon" (directed by Franco Rosso), as
The Selecter performed at The Bloomsbury Ballroom, London, in November 2010. In her capacity as lead singer of The Selecter, Black featured prominently in BBC4's "Reggae Britannia" series in February 2011 and the televised 'Reggae Britannia Concert' at The Barbican, London, alongside Ken Boothe, Neville Staple and Brinsley Forde of Aswad. The Selecter reunited once again when the band travelled over to Belfast, Northern Ireland to play a show in the capital's annual Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival. This was followed by an extensive tour of the UK, Europe, and in October 2014, New Zealand and Australia. In June 2015, the band released