Chris Lang

Chris Lang

Chris Lang is a British screenwriter, producer, and actor. Lang has written many British television series but is best known as the writer, creator, and executive producer of Unforgotten. Chris Lang was educated at Reigate Grammar School and then at RADA, where he won the Royal Academy award for "A Series of Outstanding Performances in the Vanbrugh Theatre". He graduated in 1983 In his youth, Lang formed a comedy revue called The Jockeys of Norfolk with Andy Taylor and Hugh Grant. He worked as an actor on such British television series as Shadow of the Noose, Drop the Dead Donkey, Outside Edge, A Dance to the Music of Time, and All Along the Watchtower. He stopped acting in the mid nineties in order to fully concentrate on his writing career Lang began his screenwriting career on The Bill, for which he wrote many episodes, and for which he won a Writer's Guild award. He went on to write episodes for shows including Casualty, Soldier Soldier, The Knock, POW, Primeval, Hustle, and The Tunnel for Sky Atlantic In 2001, he wrote and created his first original drama series The Glass, which starred John Thaw and Sarah Lancashire. Other original work has included Sirens, Unconditional Love, Amnesia (which was nominated for an Edgar Award), Lawless, and The Reckoning The first series of Unforgotten, starring Nicola Walker, Trevor Eve, Sir Tom Courtenay, and Sanjeev Bhaskar, was broadcast in autumn 2015. Courtenay later won the 2016 BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his role. The second series aired in January 2017 to an audience of 7.29 million, with the Daily Telegraph describing the series as "the detective drama of the decade". In November 2017 Mark Bonnar won the 2017 Best Actor BAFTA Scotland for his portrayal of Colin Osborne in the series. The third series aired in July 2018 and received universal critical acclaim. The last episode was watched by over 7.5 million viewers, making it the most watched episode of all three series.

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2009

HIT Favorites: Frosty Friends
HIT Favorites: Frosty Friends
as Tiger
Movie - Released: 10/13/2009

2007

HIT Favorites: Winter Wonderland
HIT Favorites: Winter Wonderland
as Tiger
Movie - Released: 11/20/2007

1999

All Along the Watchtower
All Along the Watchtower
as Flight Lieutenant Simon Harrison
TV - Released: 2/28/1999

1997

Kipper: Puppy Love
Kipper: Puppy Love
as Tiger / Pig / Jake / Cousins
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
Kipper
Kipper
as Kipper's Friends (voice)
TV - Released: 9/5/1997
A Dance to the Music of Time
A Dance to the Music of Time
as Chips Lovell
TV - Released: 10/9/1997

1994

Outside Edge
Outside Edge
as Alex Harrington
TV - Released: 3/24/1994
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole
TV - Released: 4/8/1994

1993

The Bullion Boys
The Bullion Boys
as Frederickson
Movie - Released: 10/24/1993
TV
Conjugal Rites
as Marriage Counsellor
TV - Released: 4/16/1993

1992

The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends
as Pigling Bland (voice)
TV - Released: 5/13/1992

1991

Paul Merton: The Series
Paul Merton: The Series
as Christopher Lang
TV - Released: 9/25/1991

1990

Drop the Dead Donkey
Drop the Dead Donkey
as Peregrine
TV - Released: 8/9/1990

1989

KYTV
KYTV
as Pop Star
TV - Released: 5/1/1989
Screen One
Screen One
as Frederickson
TV - Released: 9/10/1989

1985

Late Starter
Late Starter
as Mark Tolman
TV - Released: 3/15/1985