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.
First Aired
2024-01-01
Status
Ended
Network
ITV1
Seasons
Season 1 Episodes
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E1. 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.
★ 7.6
E2. 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.
★ 7.8
E3. 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?
★ 7.8
E4. Episode 4
Alan and his friends finally get the chance to embark on the epic challenge of battling the Post Office in court.
★ 7.7
Cast
Toby Jones
Alan Bates
Julie Hesmondhalgh
Suzanne Sercombe
Monica Dolan
Jo Hamilton
Shaun Dooley
Michael Rudkin
Ian Hart
Bob Rutherford
Lia Williams
Paula Vennells
Will Mellor
Lee Castleton
Amy Nuttall
Lisa Castleton
Amit Shah
Jasgun Singh
Krupa Pattani
Saman Kaur
Alex Jennings
James Arbuthnot
Katherine Kelly
Angela van den Bogerd
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