This week's top TV: 4 - 10 July
Monday
Brief Encounters
ITV
9pm
Sophie Rundle stars in ITV's new drama about an '80s housewife in dire straits. When her husband loses his job, Steph (Rundle) must make some extra cash to keep them both afloat.
Murdered By My Boyfriend
Single writer or showrunner: what's the best way to succeed in drama?
It is the question that British writers and commissioners perennially ask: which system works best – the UK’s single voice or the US’s showrunner model?
Former head of BBC Worldwide Productions turned independent producer Jane Tranter tried to answer this key question with a panel of writers, who outlined their experiences to see how they compared.
She pointed out that, during her seven years in the US, it was not a subject the industry there generally debated openly.