Rachel Lang (Writer)

The Boy, the Queen and Everything in Between

Fresh out of prison and desperately needing a job, Jacob reaches out to the only person who can help - his father Max, who just happens to be Aotearoa's most famous drag queen.

Release Date: 2024-02-01

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 6

Bad Mothers

Sarah’s perfect life as a GP, wife and mother is shattered when she discovers her husband is having an affair. Then her best friend is found murdered and Sarah’s husband, Anton, is arrested. She finds unlikely sisterhood and support in a ragtag group of outsiders.

Release Date: 2019-02-18

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 12

Hyde & Seek

When his best mate and partner is killed in a random attack, Detective Gary Hyde and his new partner Claire McKenzie discover an underbelly of murder and fraud that threatens national security.

Release Date: 2016-10-03

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 3

Dirty Laundry

The Raffertys are a typical NZ family. But their entire life is based on a very dirty secret...

Release Date: 2016-09-21

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 1

Westside

The story of legendary safe cracker and career criminal Ted West and his firecracker of a wife, Rita. Combining real events and the rich folklore of the West family and associates, this is rollicking history, and a tempestuous romance, set at a time of great social upheaval.

Release Date: 2015-05-31

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 5

Vote Count: 15

The Blue Rose

When office temp Jane discovers that Rose, the PA she is replacing, died under mysterious circumstances, she joins forces with Rose's best friend Linda to get justice for Rose. Along the way, they find others who need their help, victims of fraud, theft and injustice, and soon Jane, Linda - and a team of unlikely co-workers - are taking on the corporate bullies, fighting for justice and using their unique powers for good.

Release Date: 2013-02-04

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 7

Vote Count: 7

The Almighty Johnsons

The four Johnson brothers have inherited the powers of the Norse gods. Because the gods lived eons ago, however, time has diluted the powers. The unique ability that each brother possesses isn't very strong, and they still have the same desires and faults that mortals do. Their lives include sibling rivalry, trying to get girls, and hanging out; but they also want to be stronger, and so they embark on a quest to fulfill an ancient prophecy in hope of gaining the full strength of their abilities.

Release Date: 2011-02-08

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 35

This Is Not My Life

This Is Not My Life is a 2010 New Zealand television mystery thriller which originally aired on Television New Zealand's TV ONE channel on Thursday nights. Set in the 2020s, the show centres on Alec Ross who awakes one morning to find that he doesn't know who or where he is and doesn't recognise his wife or children. The story is set in the fictional town of Waimoana. The series is written by Rachel Lang and Gavin Strawhan and directed by Robert Sarkies and Peter Salmon. Thirteen episodes have been produced. Though the show only lasted one season, it has been announced American network ABC has purchased the series to adapt for an American audience.

Release Date: 2010-07-29

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 4

Vote Count: 5

Scoundrels

A family of small-time criminals try to go straight after the father is sent to prison.

Release Date: 2010-06-20

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 10

Honest

Lindsay Carter is a woman whose husband has spent four years in prison for robbery, and has to keep her family in order. Her wayward children include a daughter obsessed with becoming the new Naomi Campbell and another who is blackmailing her deputy headmistress so she can bunk off school.

Release Date: 2008-01-09

Department: Writing

Job: Original Series Creator

Episode Count: 6

Vote Count: 5

Outrageous Fortune: The Movie

It's Christmas 2006. Wolf's in prison to stay, Judd's in prison and trying to get out. The family is going to Tutaekuri Bay, where they go to every year — only some things have changed. Who is that in "their" spot? Who put a gate up stopping access to "their" beach? Who will win the bet on when Pascalle will give it up? And why do they always come here in the first place?

Release Date: 2006-12-26

Department: Crew

Job: Creator

Maddigan's Quest

Maddigan's Quest was a fantasy-based television series set in a post-apocalyptic future. It was based on an original concept by Margaret Mahy and was developed for television by Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang. The show originally screened on CBBC in the UK, and was also aired on TV3 in New Zealand, Family Room HD from Voom Networks HD and Nine Network in early 2006.

Release Date: 2006-01-26

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 13

Vote Count: 10

Outrageous Fortune

After her husband is incarcerated, matriarch Cheryl decides that her career criminal family should go straight and abide by the law.

Release Date: 2005-07-12

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 8

Vote Count: 15

Jackson's Wharf

Jackson's Wharf was a New Zealand television series created by Gavin Strawhan and Rachel Lang. Set in a fictional coastal town, the series told the story of a sibling rivalry between brothers Frank, the town cop, and Ben Jackson, a big-town lawyer. After inheriting the local pub from his recently deceased father, Ben returns to the small town with his family, with his arrival bringing its fair sheer of drama and conflict to the small township.

Release Date: 1999-06-22

Department: Creator

Job: Creator

Vote Count: 1

City Life

City Life was a New Zealand soap opera that screened on TVNZ from 1996-1998. It was portrayed the lives and loves of ten singles who lived in an upmarket apartment building in Auckland, New Zealand. The show was touted as New Zealand's answer to Melrose Place. The show starred Claudia Black, Lisa Chappell, Laurie Foell and Oliver Driver and featured a guest appearance by well known New Zealand actor, Kevin Smith. The show had a long development period, and the original treatment for the show had it set in Wellington with the working title 96 Oriental Parade. However, it was decided to produce the show in Auckland instead, and as such, the shows setting was changed along with the name to City Life. The first episode began with a controversial first scene, featuring a drunken Damon who owned the apartment building, in a homosexual kiss with his former lover Ryan on the night before his wedding. Damon was later killed off in the same episode after being hit by a car on the way to his wedding, and he left his apartment building to all of his friends. However, Damon's fianceè vowed to fight for her share of Damon's estate, leading to a storyline that would span the show's first five episodes.

Release Date: 1996-07-15

Department: Writing

Job: Writer

Episode Count: 2

Vote Count: 1