Chris Lang

Born in London in 1961, Chris Lang is a British screenwriter, producer and actor who has written a number of British drama series, notably the award-winning Innocent (2018), the four-part thriller Innocent (2018) and the Netflix series The Hookup Plan (2018). Lang began his writing career in 1993, writing on British TV series including The Bill (1984-2010) (which earned him a Writer's Guild nomination), Soldier Soldier (1991-1997) and The Knock (1994). In 2000, he wrote his first original drama _"The Glass" (2001)_, and has since written a number of successful, critically acclaimed TV movies and dramas (including Sirens (2002), Unconditional Love (2003), Lawless (2004), The Reckoning (2011), and Undeniable (2014) as well as contributing many episodes to existing shows like Hustle (2004- ) and Sky Atlantic's The Tunnel (2013). But he is probably best known as the writer, creator and executive producer of the critically acclaimed Unforgotten (2015). The series starred Nicola Walker (who was nominated for a Press Guild Award for best actress) Trevor Eve, Sir Tom Courtenay (who was nominated for an RTS award for best actor, and who won the BAFTA for best supporting actor) Sanjeev Bhaskar and Bernard Hill. The show was first broadcast in Autumn 2015. ITV recommissioned the series, and Season 2 was broadcast in February 2017, and Season 3 in July 2018. A fourth season of Unforgotten had been film and will be broadcast in 2020. "Dark Heart (2016)", which Lang adapted from the Adam Creed novel, was first broadcast in November 2016. He also co-wrote the four-part thriller "Innocent (2018)", starring Lee Ingleby, first broadcast in May 2018. A second series of "Innocent" is in pre-production, once again co-written with Matthew Arlidge and directed by Tracey Larcombe. Ther series was adapted for German television as Unschuldig (2018), and broadcast in December 2019 He created the series The Hookup Plan (2018) (Plan Coeur) with Noémie Saglio for Netflix, which was renewed for t second season in 2019 As an actor he worked 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. As a voice actor, he has contributed to films such as A Monkey's Tale, and the Children's television series Kipper the Dog. He co-founded the production company TXTV with Matthew Arlidge and Jeremy Gwilt, which produces much of his work, and generates other original projects for British broadcasters. He lives in London with his wife and their children.