Brinsley Forde 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 Blue, a disenfranchised youth who becomes
Brinsley Forde a deejay on a South London reggae soundsystem. Forde presented VH1 "Soul Vibrations", BBC's "Ebony & Ebony" on the road, and was one of the radio presenters to open the BBC's first digital station 6 Music with his radio show "Lively Up Yourself" and "Dub Bashment". Forde can be heard presenting the radio documentaries "Behind The Smile: The Real Life of Bob Marley" and "Island Rock" to mark the 40th anniversary of Jamaican independence. A two-time Grammy Award nominee with Aswad, Forde scored a British number one chart hit with "Don't Turn Around" in 1988, followed by another top 20