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What is the hallmark of a Chris Lang drama? The screenwriter has built a reputation for crime dramas with an emotional heart: think Nicola Walker's DCI Cassie Stuart in Unforgotten, or Innocent...
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Mar 1, 2023 · Unforgotten writer Chris Lang is a safe pair of hands when it comes to TV series – so what are his top 5 dramas? As well as the brilliant Unforgotten, currently airing on ITV on Monday nights, Chris has written multiple other compelling series. All of which are worth a watch.
Lang, 59, whose long career writing TV drama began on The Bill after a brief career as an actor, was inspired by the 2012 arrest of the TV presenter Stuart Hall for child sex offences.
But every crime drama must find a balance between accurate realism and inventive storytelling, and that's a dilemma Richards has come to know well. Meet the cast of ITV's Dark Heart
- Eleanor Bley Griffiths
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In 2001, he wrote and created his first original drama series 'The Glass', which starred John Thaw and Sarah Lancashire. [2] Since then some of his other original work has included Sirens , Unconditional Love , Amnesia (which was nominated for an Edgar Award ), [ 3 ] Lawless , and The Reckoning .
Aug 13, 2018 · Ahead of Unforgotten's series 3 finale, we interviewed writer Chris Lang about compassion, victimhood, and holding up a mirror to society…. Warning: Unforgotten series one and two spoilers ...
Oct 22, 2018 · Indeed Lang’s past has been marked by one particular tragedy. Eleven years ago, his first wife, Lydia, committed suicide leaving him widowed with three young children. He was in the middle of a job, working for another ITV drama, The Palace.
