Belinda Lang

Lang is perhaps best known for her starring roles in three sitcoms – as Kate in Dear John, as Bill Porter in 2point4 Children and as Liza Ferrari in Second Thoughts.[2]

After a small part as 'Girl in Bath' in Play for Today in 1980 she appeared in the 1980 miniseries To Serve Them All My Days, following this she had several one off appearances and small parts until her role in Dear John. Following Dear John (1986–1987), she played Martha in The Bretts (1987–1988) during which she acted alongside her future husband, Hugh Fraser and during the same period also appeared as Sheila Walsh in Bust. Lang also had a lead part in the television series Inspector Alleyn Mysteries, in which she played the artist Agatha Troy between 1990 and 1994.

In 1991, she took a lead role in 2point4 Children alongside Gary Olsen.[2] The sitcom would run for 8 series until it ended in 1999 due to the illness of Olsen leading to his death in 2000. In 2000, she appeared as Christine Hamilton in the television film Justice in Wonderland.[3]

Following 2point4 Children, Lang has rarely appeared on television, instead taking on more theatre work. She has, however, made guest appearances in several programmes including; playing the ill-fated business woman, Elspeth Inkpen-Thomas, in Midsomer Murders, alongside John Nettles and television presenter Quinnie Dorrell in "The Gongoozlers", a 2004 episode of the murder mystery series Rosemary and Thyme, and a couple of episodes of the BBC daytime soap opera Doctors. In 2009, she made a brief return to sitcom, playing Margot in an episode of BBC sitcom My Family, and then in 2014 playing Marina Fairchild in Citizen Khan, another BBC series.[4]

In 1988, Lang appeared in the BBC Radio 4 play Hard of Hearing opposite Graham Blockey.[5] She took part in Stilgoe's Around, also broadcast on Radio 4 and BBC Radio 2.[6] Second Thoughts was based on a radio programme originally broadcast on Radio 4.[7]