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Jan 10, 2024 · A gripping ITV drama series, “Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office,” which began airing on Jan. 1, achieved something that eluded politicians for a decade, cutting through a morass of bureaucratic and...
2 days ago · Campaigner says Post Office is 'atrocious dead duck'. “The whole of the postal service nowadays – it’s a dead duck. It’s beyond saving,” Mr Bates said. Tamara Davison 12 hours ago ...
Jan 15, 2024 · Almost four years after the inquiry was announced, the UK Government is drafting new laws to exonerate people who were wrongfully convicted. The main reason seems to be the release and success of a four-part ITV drama, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which aired in January 2024.
Our latest drama ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ has been re-igniting a national conversation and generating widespread public outrage, demonstrating ITV’s unique ability to kickstart conversations and shape culture.
The Post Office: With Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Will Mellor. One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.
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Over two decades, Alan Bates (Toby Jones) becomes a determined organiser for those affected by Britain’s Post Office scandal, in which hundreds of innocent post office workers were erroneously accused of wrongdoing by a faulty IT system.
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Mr Bates vs The Post Office is a four-part British television drama series for ITV, written by Gwyneth Hughes, directed by James Strong and starring an ensemble cast led by Toby Jones.
