Jack Binstead

Jack Binstead is an English actor best known for playing Leslie "Rem Dogg" Remmington in the BBC Three television series Bad Education.

Early and Personal life

Binstead has been a wheelchair user since the age of 3, as he suffers from the condition Osteogenesis Imperfecta more commonly known as brittle bone disease.

Binstead has won numerous awards and nominations as a paralympian.

Acting career

On 11 August 2012 it was announced that Binstead would be playing the role of Leslie 'Rem Dogg' Remmington in Bad Education, a role he played until the series ended in October 2014.

In June 2015, he appeared in two 'Blue Badge' specials of Off Their Rockers on ITV.

Justin also had a brief role playing Justin Palmer in the third episode of the hit comedy Life's Too Short with Warwick Davis.

References

Binstead

Coordinates: 50°43′38″N 1°11′18″W / 50.727216°N 1.188337°W / 50.727216; -1.188337Binstead is a village on the Isle of Wight. It is located in the northeast of the Island, two kilometres west of Ryde on the main road (A3054) between Ryde and Newport. By the time of the 2011 Census Binstead had been incorporated within Ryde whilst still retaining its electoral ward called Binsted and Fishbourne.

Amenities

The village has a post office/general store as its sole remaining shop. Until the end of February 2009 when it was finally removed, it had a modern style BT phone box outside. It has a primary school, two recreational fields and has access to a public common and beach. Brickfields, a small horse centre, is located to its south. The local pub is "The Fleming Arms".

Southern Vectis bus route 9 serves the main road every 10 minutes in the daytime between Ryde and Newport. Route 4 links the town with East Cowes and local route 37 covers other areas linking to Ryde.

History

Binstead is recorded in 1086 in the Domesday Book as Benestede. It became known for the quality of its limestone which led to a local quarrying industry, the result of which is still visible in the village’s landscape and place names. The nearby Quarr Abbey takes its name from ‘quarry’ and the suffix ‘pitts’ is occasionally found in house and road names. The quarries were known as pits.