Mr Bates vs The Post Office
The story of 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.
Overview
The story of 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.
Ben Gale
Creator / EP
Chris Clough
Producer
Episodes
1. Episode 1
The first part of a four-part drama. Mysterious financial losses lead the Post Office to sack and prosecute village sub-postmasters who have no way to prove their innocence.
2. Episode 2
Alan Bates and the sub-postmasters begin their fightback with new allies in Westminster, but first they must convince an independent investigator of their honesty.
3. Episode 3
Alan allies with the Post Office in the hope his friends can get justice at last, but can he trust the people who have let them down so badly?
Cast & Crew
Toby Jones
Alan Bates
Julie Hesmondhalgh
Suzanne Sercombe
Monica Dolan
Jo Hamilton
Shaun Dooley
Michael Rudkin
Ian Hart
Bob Rutherford
Lia Williams
Paula Vennells
