--- name: "Chris Lang" canonical: "https://film.one/person/chris-lang" roles: ["Producer"] born: "1 November 1961" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "producer" average_over: 0 updated: "2026-09-17T15:19:55.685577+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Chris Lang Producer. Born 1 November 1961 in Lambeth, London, England. ## Details - **Work:** Producer - **Born:** 1 November 1961, Lambeth, London, England - **Active:** 1990–2015 - **Also known as:** Christopher Lang - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 writing - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 74 (1), 2010s 64 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Lang, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16239109, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0485712/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/191319 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Unforgotten*](https://film.one/tv/unforgotten.md) (64) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Chris Lang > Chris Lang makes crime dramas that ask us to care about the people caught up in an investigation. We value that ambition, but in *Unforgotten* the actors often make up for crowded storytelling and over-explained dialogue. In *Unforgotten* (2015), the people around an investigation are supposed to hold our attention before we know who is responsible. Chris Lang gives us several lives to consider, and not quite enough time to become interested in all of them. We find it a decent police drama, worth trying for Nicola Walker and Sanjeev Bhaskar rather than for consistently assured storytelling. The cast often keeps us watching through passages the writing has not made persuasive. There is a worthwhile aim here: making us care about someone for reasons beyond their possible guilt. He began screenwriting on *The Bill* in 1993, before creating his first original series, *The Glass* (2001). *Unforgotten* became his signature series, with cold cases giving him a way to bring long-concealed behaviour into the present. His later credits include co-creating *Innocent* (2018) and writing the true-story miniseries *The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe* (2022). The recurring interest in his crime dramas is how people respond when their secrets become known, and whether we can still feel compassion for them. The better dialogue in *Unforgotten* leaves room for an actor to suggest a life outside the inquiry. Lang can let a conversation do more than pass along information, and those exchanges expose the stiffness elsewhere. We grew impatient with the passages that seemed determined to make sure we had understood every point. The same cast sounds much less strained when the writing allows the untidiness of ordinary speech. The police inquiry supplies a useful structure for Lang’s interest in frailty, lies and compassion. We do not need every supporting character to become likeable; we do need enough time with them to understand why the programme has asked us to care. That is where the crowded writing costs him, despite the actors’ efforts to keep these people interesting. Try *Unforgotten* for Walker and Bhaskar, with patience for the writing between its more convincing exchanges. ## Biography Chris Lang is a British screenwriter, producer and actor. He was educated at Reigate Grammar School and trained at RADA, graduating in 1983. In his early career he worked as an actor in television series including *Drop the Dead Donkey* and *Shadow of the Noose*, before turning to writing in the mid-1990s. Lang began his screenwriting career on *The Bill*, for which he wrote many episodes and received a Writers' Guild award. He has contributed to series including *Casualty*, *Primeval*, *Hustle* and *The Tunnel*. His original dramas include *The Glass* (2001) and *Innocent* (2018). He is best known as the creator and writer of the crime drama *Unforgotten* (2015–), which he has also executive produced. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Performed in (1) - *Drop the Dead Donkey* (1990), Fi1m 74, as Peregrine — [page](https://film.one/tv/drop-the-dead-donkey.md) ### Wrote (1) - *Unforgotten* (2015), Fi1m 64, Executive Producer, Creator, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/unforgotten.md) ## Complete filmography (55) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *I, Jack Wright* (2025), series, Writer, Creator - *The Thief, His Wife and the Canoe* (2022), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator - *Poikani Joel* (2022), series, Original Story - *The Lockdown Plan* (2022), Writer - *The Hook Up Plan* (2018), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator - *Dark Heart* (2018), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator - *Piégés* (2018), series, Story, Teleplay, Creator - *Innocent* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator - *Entre deux mères* (2017), Original Story - *Unforgotten* (2015), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/tv/unforgotten.md) - *Tu es mon fils* (2015), Original Story - *Undeniable* (2014), series, Executive Producer, Writer - *The Tunnel* (2013), series, Writer - *A Mother's Son* (2012), series, Writer, Executive Producer - *The Reckoning* (2011), series, Writer, Executive Producer - *The Little House* (2010), series, Executive Producer - *HiT Favorites: Frosty Friends* (2009), as Tiger / Kipper's Friends (voice) - *Innocent* (2008), series, Writer - *The Palace* (2008), series, Writer - *HiT Favorites: Winter Wonderland* (2007), as Tiger (voice) - *Torn* (2007), series, Writer, Executive Producer - *Primeval* (2007), series, Writer - *Robin Hood* (2006), series, Writer - *Vital Signs* (2006), series, Writer, Creator - *Lawless* (2004), series, Writer, Associate Producer - *Amnesia* (2004), series, Writer, Associate Producer - *Hustle* (2004), series, Writer - *P.O.W.* (2003), series, Writer - *Unconditional Love* (2003), Writer - *Sirens* (2002), series, Writer, Associate Producer, Creator - *Kipper: Cuddly Critters* (2002), as Kipper's Friends (voice) - *Kipper: Tiger Tales* (2001), as Kipper's Friends (voice) - *The Glass* (2001), series, Writer, Creator - *All Along the Watchtower* (1999), series, as Flight Lieutenant Simon Harrison - *A Dance to the Music of Time* (1997), series, as Chips Lovell - *Wing and a Prayer* (1997), series, Writer - *Kipper* (1997), series, as Kipper's Friends (voice) - *Kipper: Puppy Love* (1997), as Tiger / Pig / Jake / Cousins - *The Knock* (1994), series, Writer - *Jo Brand Through the Cakehole* (1994), series, Acting - *The Bullion Boys* (1993), as Frederickson - *Conjugal Rites* (1993), series, as Marriage Counsellor - *The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends* (1992), series, as Pigling Bland (voice) - *Paul Merton: The Series* (1991), series, as Christopher Lang - *Soldier Soldier* (1991), series, Writer - *Drop the Dead Donkey* (1990), series, as Peregrine — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/drop-the-dead-donkey.md) - *Screen One* (1989), series, as Frederickson - *KYTV* (1989), series, as Pop Star - *Hale & Pace* (1988), series, Writer - *Casualty* (1986), series, Writer - *Your Mother Wouldn't Like It* (1985), series, Writer - *Late Starter* (1985), series, as Mark Tolman - *The Bill* (1984), series, Writer - *Alas Smith and Jones* (1984), series, Writer - *Mavis Eccleston*, series, Writer, Executive Producer --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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