The BBC is facing a furious backlash after hiring a man to write a forthcoming drama about the murder of Sarah Everard.
Acclaimed screenwriter Jeff Pope has been commissioned to pen the two-part factual series about Ms Everard’s abduction, rape and murder by serving Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens in South London in 2021.
The open letter, which gathered 400 signatures from leading female screenwriters in 24 hours, said the decision had prompted a ‘great deal of anger’ among female writers and that they were ‘genuinely shocked’ by the commission.
It read: ‘The announcement of this particular commission brought a great deal of
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