Christopher Langham (born 14 April 1949) is a British writer, actor, comedian and as such is most famous for playing MP Hugh Abbot in 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 (Martin Samuels). He is also well known for his roles in the TV series Not the Nine O'Clock News, Help, Kiss Me Kate and as the gatehouse guard in Chelmsford 123. April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ... The 2006 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday May 7 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Thick of It is a British comedy television series, which satirises the inner workings of modern British government. ... The 2006 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday May 7 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Help is a BBC television comedy series first screened on BBC Two in 2005. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 4. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... The Thick of It is a British comedy television series, which satirises the inner workings of modern British government. ... People Like Us is a British comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary (or mockumentary) written by John Morton, and starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard, an inept interviewer. ... old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Unseen characters are a theatrical convention. ... The Big Tease is a 1999 film starring Craig Ferguson, directed by Kevin Allen and written by Ferguson and Sacha Gervasi. ... Not the Nine OClock News is a comedy television programme that was shown on the BBC, broadcast from 1979 to 1982. ... Help is a BBC television comedy series first screened on BBC Two in 2005. ... Kiss Me, Kate for the Cole Porter musical comedy. ... Chelmsford 123 was a situation comedy produced for British Channel 4 television by Hat Trick Productions. ...

On 2 August 2007 Langham was found guilty of downloading indecent images of children from the Internet but found not guilty of six counts of indecent assault. He was sentenced to ten months in prison on 14 September 2007^[1]. The extensive publicity over his trial and conviction are considered likely to spell the end of his professional career^[2]. is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Child pornography refers to pornographic material depicting children. ... is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Career

Langham read English and Drama at Bristol University before moving into a career in comedy. He had a small part in Monty Python's Life of Brian as a centurion. One of his earliest breaks was as the sole British writer for The Muppet Show. He also appeared as the "special guest star" in the thirteenth episode of the final season, when the scheduled guest, Richard Pryor, was unable to make it to the recording; a script was hastily written in which "Chris the Delivery Boy" stood in for an absent celebrity. He received two awards from the Writers Guild of America for his work on The Muppet Show. The University of Bristol was founded in 1876 as the University College, Bristol. ... Monty Pythons Life of Brian is a 1979 comedy written and performed by the Monty Python comedy team. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Muppet Show was a television program featuring a cast of Muppets (diverse hand-operated puppets, typically with oversized eyes and large moving mouths) produced by Jim Henson and his team from 1976 to 1981. ... Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. ... The Writers Guild of America (WGA) is the collective bargaining representative, or labor union, for writers in the motion picture and television industries in the United States. ...

Langham was part of the original team for Not the Nine O'Clock News in 1979, and even after the original pilot was pulled from the schedules he was retained for the first full series, billed equally with the then unknown Mel Smith, Pamela Stephenson and Rowan Atkinson. The first series did not rate as well as hoped, however, and it was felt that Langham was "too independent a spirit" so he was replaced by support player Griff Rhys Jones. Langham did not learn of the switch until the last day of filming when he heard the crew discussing the second series. The show only achieved cult status during its later series, and in subsequent compilation repeats most of Langham's contributions have been cut, giving the impression that he was never a main cast member. This impression was not helped by the fact that the first series of the show has not been repeated, due to a belief in the BBC that the material was of a topical nature and would therefore not be suitable for transmission so long after the event. Langham already had problems with addiction to cocaine and alcohol and his sacking worsened this situation. However, he has since overcome these problems. Not the Nine OClock News is a comedy television programme that was shown on the BBC, broadcast from 1979 to 1982. ... Mel Smith Mel Smith is an English actor, film director, writer, producer born in London on December 3, 1952) He attended New College, Oxford. ... Pamela Stephenson (also known as Pamela Stephenson Connolly) Ph. ... Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, actor and writer, famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder and Mr. ... Griff Rhys Jones (born 16 November 1953) is a British comedian, writer and actor. ... For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ...

Langham went on to appear on Smith and Jones' own programme, Alas Smith and Jones, playing an ineffectual panel show host; this character apparently inspired John Morton to create the character of Roy Mallard, later to feature in his show People Like Us played (offscreen) by Langham. Langham also played a fly-on-the-wall documentary interviewer very similar to Roy Mallard in Happy Families in 1985. Alas Smith and Jones was a British comedy sketch television series featuring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. ... John Morton is a British writer and director associated with the BBC Radio and television networks. ... People Like Us is a British comedy programme, a spoof on-location documentary (or mockumentary) written by John Morton, and starring Chris Langham as Roy Mallard, an inept interviewer. ... Happy Families was a rural comedy drama written by Ben Elton which appeared on the BBC in 1985 and told the story of the dysfunctional Fuddle family. ...

Also in 1979, Langham played Arthur Dent in the first professional stage version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, directed by Ken Campbell. (He later returned to Hitchhiker's, appearing as Prak in Dirk Maggs' Tertiary Phase radio series in 2004.) Information Species Human Gender Male Age 30 (approx. ... The cover of the first novel in the Hitchhikers series, from a late 1990s printing. ... Kenneth Victor Campbell (born December 10, 1941 in Ilford, Essex) is a British writer, actor, director and comedian, known for his unconventional work in theatre. ... There are many minor characters in the various versions of The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. ... Dirk Maggs is a freelance writer and director working across all media. ... The terms Tertiary Phase, Quandary Phase and Quintessential Phase describe the radio adaptations of the books Life, the Universe and Everything, So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish and Mostly Harmless recorded in 2003 and 2004 by Above the Title Productions for BBC Radio 4. ...

Langham narrated the 1984 radio series The History of Rock with Chris Langham, in which Langham gave a comedic (and somewhat fictitious) account of the history of rock music. On Radio 4 he narrated the series The Rapid Eye Movement, which starred Martin Freeman as Chester Bennington, in whose head the entire series took place. On November 14, 1985 Langham appeared as the narrator/reporter in "Roxanne", episode five of the BBC situation comedy Happy Families, written by Ben Elton. In 1992 he appeared in the film Carry On Columbus. The History of Rock with Chris Langham was a BBC radio comedy broadcast in the United Kingdom in 1984. ... For other uses, see Rock music (disambiguation). ... Martin Freeman (born September 8, 1971) is an English actor. ... is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... This article is about a genre of comedy. ... Benjamin Charles Elton (born 3 May 1959) is an English comedian, writer and director. ... Carry On Columbus was a 1992 film, and the most recent in the Carry On films series. ...

In addition to several one-man shows, Langham counts among his stage credits Lés Miserables (played the role of Thénardier in 1996), Crazy for You (for which he received an Olivier nomination), The Way of the World, The Nerd, Blondel and Pirates of Penzance. Les Misérables (pronunciation ), colloquially known as Les Mis, is a musical composed in 1980 by French composer Claude-Michel Schönberg on a libretto by Alain Boublil. ... Playbill cover and advertising poster. ... The Laurence Olivier Awards, previously known as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, were renamed in honour of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier in 1984, having first been established in 1976. ... Oxford Playhouse production of The Way of the World; 13 to 17 April, 2004 The Way of the World is a play written by British playwright William Congreve. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Blondel, a rock opera musical by Tim Rice (book and lyrics) and Stephen Oliver (music), was inspired by, and very loosely based on, the life of the eponymous French troubadour. ... The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty, is a Gilbert and Sullivan comic operetta in two acts. ...

Langham wrote the BBC One sitcom Kiss Me Kate, in which he also appeared along with Caroline Quentin and Amanda Holden. In 2002 he wrote and starred in Bradford in My Dreams, an adaptation of a short story by Lawrence Block for the BBC. In 2003 he directed the comedy series Posh Nosh. BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... Kiss Me, Kate for the Cole Porter musical comedy. ... Caroline Quentin (born June 11, 1961, in Reigate) is an English actress. ... Amanda Holden Amanda Louise Holden (born February 16, 1971 in Bishops Waltham, Hampshire)is an English actress. ... For the U.S. federal judge, see Lawrence J. Block. ... Posh Nosh was a 2003 BBC television programme parodying television chefs. ...

In 2003 and 2005, respectively, he portrayed the authors George Orwell and John Wyndham in the BBC docudrama George Orwell - A Life In Pictures and the BBC Four documentary John Wyndham: the Invisible Man of Science Fiction. He also appeared in the radio magazine satire The Sunday Format. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 [1] [2] – 21 January 1950), better known by the pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist. ... John Wyndham (July 10, 1903 – March 11, 1969) was the pen name used by the often post-apocalyptic British science fiction writer John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris. ... It has been suggested that Drama Documentary be merged into this article or section. ... For the BBC radio station, see BBC Radio 4. ... The Sunday Format, BBC Radio 4s first high-quality weekend broadsheet newspaper, is a British satirical radio comedy. ...

He has starred alongside co-writer Paul Whitehouse in Help on BBC Two in 2005, where he also appeared in the Armando Iannucci comedy The Thick of It in the same year. Langham was named Best Comedy Actor in the 2005 British Comedy Awards and won the 2006 BAFTA Best Comedy Performance award for his role in The Thick Of It. In November 2005 Langham wrote and starred in ITV pilot Seven Second Delay. Suits you Sir Mark Williams (left) with Paul Whitehouse (right) The Fast Show For the motor vehicle and aircraft painter, see Paul Whitehouse (painter). ... Help is a BBC television comedy series first screened on BBC Two in 2005. ... Armando Iannucci (born 1964, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish comedian, satirist and radio producer. ... The Thick of It is a British comedy television series, which satirises the inner workings of modern British government. ... The British Comedy Awards is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year. ... The 2006 British Academy Television Awards were held on Sunday May 7 at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. ...

He is a regular guest on The Heaven and Earth Show and part of Bremner, Bird and Fortune writing team. In this series he has occasionally appeared as a civil servant discussing things with Bremner's Tony Blair. On radio Langham has appeared as a panellist on the Radio 4 show Armando Iannucci's Charm Offensive. Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the longstanding satirical team of John Bird and John Fortune (the Two Johns) with the satirical impressionist Rory Bremner. ... For other people of the same name, see Tony Blair (disambiguation) Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born May 6, 1953)[1] is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency... Armando Iannuccis Charm Offensive is a British radio comedy programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 first broadcast in 2005 with a second series in 2006 and then a third in 2007, Series 2 and 3 of the show have being broadcast in the popular Friday evening slot, which it...

Arrest and conviction for child pornography charges

On 29 November 2005, Langham was arrested by Kent Police in connection with Operation Ore, an ongoing investigation into internet child pornography, and was released on bail. The arrest was first reported in the press on 16 December 2005, in response to which Langham's lawyer read a statement in which he said that he was innocent, and pointed out that he had not been charged.^[3] However, on 11 May 2006 he was charged with 15 counts of making indecent images of children.^[4] Remand is a legal term which has two related but distinct usages. ... is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kent Police is the police force covering Kent in England, including the unitary authority of Medway. ... Operation Ore is a large-scale international police operation that commenced in 1999 intending to indict thousands of users of websites featuring child pornography. ... Child pornography refers to pornographic material depicting children. ... is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 131st day of the year (132nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A dictionary definition of Indecent not conforming with accepted standards of behaviour or morality. ...

The trial took place during July and August 2007. Part of Langham's defence to these charges in court were that they were research on a paedophile character "Pedro" for a television comedy. Langham's former Help co-star/writer Paul Whitehouse stated that it had never been suggested that the character, although referred to as a "peeping tom" prone to highly dubious sexual behaviour ("It was implied he had rubbed up against someone on a train" Whitehouse stated in court), was a paedophile, nor was Whitehouse aware of Langham obtaining such material for the development of the programme's script. A script was read out in which Pedro ogles young women and says: "God sent these young girls to me as temptation and I failed."^[5] Pedophilia or pædophilia (see spelling differences) is a mental state in which an adult has a preferential sexual attraction to prepubescent and in some definitions, preadolescent children. ... Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting. ... Help is a BBC television comedy series first screened on BBC Two in 2005. ... Suits you Sir Mark Williams (left) with Paul Whitehouse (right) The Fast Show For the motor vehicle and aircraft painter, see Paul Whitehouse (painter). ... Peeping Tom may refer to: A person in the legend of Lady Godiva A person who engages in voyeurism Peeping Tom (film), a 1960 film directed by Michael Powell Peeping Tom (song), a song by the band Placebo from their album Black Market Music Peeping Tom (Rockwell song), a song...

A selection of files and images found on Langham's laptop computer were shown to the jury on 25 July 2007.^[6] Langham stated that he himself had been sexually abused by a stranger as a child,^[7] and admitted having pornography to help him "work through" his own psychological difficulties which resulted, but denied being himself a paedophile.^[8] He stated of one pornographic film downloaded that "I talked to my wife about it. I’m one of the children in the photographs. That’s the problem I have with it. I don’t know how to react to it," ^[8] adding: is the 206th day of the year (207th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... This article is about the computer terms. ...

On 2 August 2007 Chris Langham was found guilty on charges of possessing child pornography and made to sign the sexual offenders register.^[9] He was remanded in custody pending sentencing on September 14 ^[10] Langham was also charged with eight sexual offences against an unnamed woman who was below the age of 16 at the time the assaults supposedly happened.^[11] Langham was acquitted of all these charges in the same trial where the pornography offences were considered. He was sentenced to ten months in prison on 14 September 2007.^[12] is the 214th day of the year (215th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 257th day of the year (258th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Langham stated throughout that he was determined to clear his name but withdrew from all BBC projects pending the outcome of the case.^[13] On 5 December 2006 it was reported that he was banned from attending the 2006 British Comedy Awards despite his current show, The Thick of It, being a contender for an award at the show.^[14] is the 339th day of the year (340th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The British Comedy Awards is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year. ... The Thick of It is a British comedy television series, which satirises the inner workings of modern British government. ...

Many industry commentators are pointing out that the jailing of Langham may bring an abrupt halt to the actor and writer's 30-year comedy career, just as it was peaking.^[15][16]

References

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External links

• Chris Langham at the British Film Institute
• Chris Langham at the bbc.co.uk Guide to Comedy, archived at the Internet Archive
• Chris Langham at the Internet Movie Database

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• "My top TV: Chris Langham" at BBC News Online (May 2001)
• "'Just to be OK is something I crave'" at The Guardian (May 2006)