Chris Langham charged over Internet child porn (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) - Award-winning comedy actor Chris Langhamhas been charged with 15 counts of making indecent images ofchildren, Kent police said on Thursday.

Langham, 57, who won a Bafta television award on Sunday forhis role in the BBC comedy "The Thick Of It," was charged onWednesday night after he returned to police to fulfil bailconditions.

Police said the offences related to "Internet crime."

The actor, from Cranbrook in Kent, had been arrested andreleased on police bail last November. He will appear beforemagistrates in Sevenoaks on May 17.

Last December, Langham was named Best Television ComedyActor at the British Comedy Awards.

In one of his best known roles, he played presenter RoyMallard in the BBC comedy "People Like Us."

He was in the original line-up for the BBC's "Not The NineO'clock News" and appeared alongside Griff Rhys Jones in "AlasSmith and Jones."

One of his most recent TV roles was in the BBC show "Help"alongside Paul Whitehouse.

His film roles include "Carry On Columbus," "The Big Tease"and "Life Of Brian."

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