Chris Langham

Born: 1949-04-14

Christopher Langham is an English writer, actor, and comedian. He is known for playing the cabinet minister Hugh Abbot in the BBC Four sitcom The Thick of It, and as presenter Roy Mallard in People Like Us, first on BBC Radio 4 and later on its transfer to television on BBC Two, where Mallard is almost entirely an unseen character. He subsequently created several spoof adverts in the same vein. He also played similar unseen interviewers in an episode of the television series Happy Families and in the film The Big Tease. He is also known for his roles in the television series Not the Nine O'Clock News, Help, Kiss Me Kate, and as the gatehouse guard in Chelmsford 123. In 2006, he won BAFTA awards for The Thick of It and Help.


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as Alfonso / Giggling Guard
Released: 1979-08-17

Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains...

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The Pink Panther Strikes Again

as Police Driver
Released: 1976-12-15

Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental...

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The Emperor's New Clothes

as Maurice
Released: 2001-08-11

Napoleon, exiled, devises a plan to retake the throne. He'll swap places with commoner Eugene...

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The Big Tease

as BBC Interviewer
Released: 1999-11-26

Thinking he's competing in Los Angeles' hot Platinum Scissors contest, Scottish hairstylist...

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My Family and Other Animals

as Theodore Stephanides
Released: 2005-12-27

An English family relocates to sunny Greece in the months before WWII.

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Carry On Columbus

as Hubba
Released: 1992-10-02

Christopher Columbus believes he can find an alternative route to the far East and persuades the...

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I Love Muppets

as Self
Released: 2002-03-31

Gonzo the Great talks about the Muppets creator Jim Henson and what he did before the television...

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The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

as Himself - Various Roles
Released: 1982-03-01

Following the success of the 1979 show and the financial benefits accruing to Amnesty from the...

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The Legend of the Tamworth Two

as Jack
Released: 2004-04-12

Based on a true story, the movie tells the story of two pigs, named Butch and Sundance, who...

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The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball

as Himself
Released: 1989-01-01

After the criticisms of the 1987 show’s disproportionate focus on music - and the financial...

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The McGuffin

as Detective
Released: 1986-01-12

Paul Hatcher has a habit of spying on the neighbors across the way, something that gets him into...

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Silas Marner

as Keating
Released: 1985-12-30

Adaption of George Eliot's novel. When a respectable weaver is wrongfully accused of theft, he...

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Black Pond

as Tom Thompson
Released: 2011-11-11

The Thompson family is accused of murder when a stranger dies at their dinner table. Six months...

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Private Enterprise

as Nigel
Released: 1986-01-02

Whilst delivering toilet rolls to a recording studio, small-time crook Keith pockets a demo tape...

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Phoelix

as uncredited
Released: 1979-08-01

An aged art connoisseur (Beaumont) and his young female neighbour (Coles), who has a job posing...

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Not Again: Not the Nine O'Clock News

as Various Roles (archive footage)
Released: 2009-12-28

A look behind the scenes of satirical sketch show Not the Nine O'Clock News.

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The Story of Pantomime

as Self
Released: 1976-12-23

This 1976 BBC documentary sees Ken Campbell (and his Roadshow) investigate the origins and the...

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George Orwell: A Life In Pictures

as George Orwell
Released: 2003-06-14

Dramatised biography of writer George Orwell.

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Vengeance

as Danny
Released: 2020-11-01

Eric Williams is a man who's been on the run for 27 years for a murder he didn't commit. When...

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Of Muppets & Men

as Self
Released: 1981-10-31

Documentary about the work of puppeteer Jim Henson and his team in creating The Muppet Show.

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The Best of Not The Nine O'Clock News

as uncredited
Released: 2006-02-28

Attention, comedy fans: NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS is the real thing. This is scathing,...

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Soft Targets

as Drinkwater
Released: 1982-10-19

Stephen Poliakoff's parody of the spy-thriller genre. A Russian diplomat becomes convinced that...

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The Darkest Universe

as Alan
Released: 2016-11-04

A romantic comedy set in space, or - to be more specific - planet Earth which follows...

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The Factory

as Doctor
Released: 2013-01-26

Gene has the world - he's a successful entrepreneur, beautiful home, beautiful car, everything...

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John Wyndham: The Invisible Man of Science Fiction

as John Wyndham
Released: 2005-10-15

Endeavors to reveal who the reclusive writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris was,...

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The Comic Strip Presents...

as Nigel
First aired: 1982-11-02

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are...

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The Muppet Show

as Self - Special Guest Star
First aired: 1976-09-05

Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly...

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The Thick of It

as Hugh Abbot
First aired: 2005-05-19

Set in the corridors of power and spin, the Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed...

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Whose Line Is It Anyway?

as Himself
First aired: 1988-09-23

An un-scripted comedy show in which four guest performers improvise their way through a series...

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Murder Most Horrid

as Harry
First aired: 1991-11-14

A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various...

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The Secret Policeman's Ball

as Self
First aired: 1976-04-01

A series of benefit shows staged initially in the United Kingdom to raise funds for the human...

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Alas Smith and Jones

as uncredited
First aired: 1984-01-31

A British comedy sketch television series featuring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones that ran on...

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Bergerac

as Devas
First aired: 1981-10-18

Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the...

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Not the Nine O'Clock News

as uncredited
First aired: 1979-10-16

Classic sketch comedy show satirising the news and culture of the late 70s and early 80s which...

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People Like Us

as Roy Mallard
First aired: 1999-09-20

People Like Us was a British radio and TV comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary...

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The Jim Henson Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1989-04-14

The Jim Henson Hour was developed as a showcase for the Jim Henson Company's various puppet...

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The Worst Week of My Life

as Barry Turner
First aired: 2004-03-12

The Worst Week of My Life is a British comedy television series, first broadcast on BBC One...

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Kiss Me Kate

as uncredited
First aired: 1998-05-04

Kiss Me Kate is a British sitcom that ran from 1998 until 2000. It followed the everyday life of...

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Happy Families

as uncredited
First aired: 1985-10-17

Happy Families was a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which appeared on the BBC in 1985...

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Shrink Rap

as Himself
First aired: 2007-04-02

Actress and writer Pamela Stephenson is now a successful therapist – Dr Pamela Connolly – with a...

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The Gaffer

as Spencer Moffatt
First aired: 1981-01-09

The Gaffer is an ITV situation comedy series of the early 1980s starring Bill Maynard and...

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Help

as Peter
First aired: 2005-02-27

Help is a BBC television comedy series first screened on BBC Two in 2005. Written by and...

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