‘Why are you not making drama by female writers?’

In an open letter to TV drama commissioners, 76 female writers have accused UK drama bosses of failing to give them opportunities to ‘graduate’ from soaps to flagship primetime shows.

Their work ranges from EastEnders and Casualty to Midsomer Murders, Hollyoaks and the US series How To Get Away With Murder, and they point out that British drama is “overwhelmingly written by men”.