How the rise of the showrunner role is changing British TV

3. Sheila Hancock as Liz Zettl in The Sixth Commandment coming soon to BBC One and iPlayer

Screen talks to several big-name TV writers about the rise of the ‘showrunner’ role on this side of the Atlantic

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