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ITV's new drama series, Mr Bates vs The Post Office has sparked fury across the country as the post office scandal which saw hundreds of postmasters being wrongfully accused of fraud has been brought to light.

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ITV's Mr Bates vs the Post Office star Toby Jones made major sacrifice for show to happen

Acclaimed Brit actor Toby Jones has been impressing viewers as activist and former sub-postmaster Alan Bates in the series Mr Bates vs the Post Office - and it has emerged that the 57-year-old father of two made a huge sacrifice just to get the show off the ground. Since its release on New Year’s Day, the gripping ITV drama has brought the shocking real-life Post Office scandal back into the spotlight, as well as the real-life people involved, with viewers outraged at the miscarriage of justice which took place, against hundreds of innocent postal workers.

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ITV ‘overwhelmed by the power of our Post Office drama’ after huge success

Actors and staff behind an ITV drama about the Post Office Horizon IT scandal have been left “proud and overwhelmed by the power our drama has had”.

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British Stories Like ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ “Increasingly Hard” To Fund In Today’s TV Climate, Says ITV Drama Boss

The current landscape is making it “increasingly hard” to fund British stories such as the Post Office drama that is currently dominating the news agenda, according to ITV‘s drama boss.

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“The Whole Country Is Angry Now”: How ITV’s Post Office Drama “Tapped Into” Frustrations With The “Politics Of The Moment” & Gripped The UK

EXCLUSIVE: With the almost impossible-to-believe Post Office scandal bedecking the front of most UK national newspapers this week, the writer of the ITV smash drama about the saga has said it “tapped into” frustrations with the “politics of the moment.”

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Real-life Mr Bates fights tears as he's given holiday by Richard Branson after Post Office scandal

This Morning viewers were left in tears as the real-life Alan Bates and his wife Suzanne were awarded two luxury holidays live on the show. Alan and Suzanne appeared on the ITV daytime show to discuss the TV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which tells their real-life story. Alan Bates, 68, was the key campaigner who exposed the Post Office scandal, which saw innocent post office workers prosecuted for missing funds.

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Post Office scandal: Petition to strip Paula Vennells of CBE reaches one million signatures after Horizon scandal

A petition asking for the former Post Office boss Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE because of the Horizon scandal has now got over one million signatures.

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Police investigate ‘potential fraud offences’ during Post Office IT scandal

Metropolitan Police detectives are looking at “potential fraud offences” committed during the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.

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Moving UK Post Office Drama Inspires Demand For CEO To Be Stripped Of Her CBE Award

The Communication Workers Union (CWU) of the UK has issued a statement, following the huge public reaction to the ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which aired last week.

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Mr Bates vs The Post Office: All of the real-life people behind the ITV drama

Throughout the first week of January, ITV viewers at home have been gripped by fresh new drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which followed the real life journey of several sub-postmasters who were wrongfully accused (and in some cases even charged) with stealing from the Post Office, thanks to a Horizon computer error.The show, which spanned across four nights in total, saw a star studded cast including Toby Jones, Will Mellor and Julie Hesmondhalgh bring the story to life, including their ongoing fight for justice and compensation for the hundreds of people that were still affected by the error. In emotional scenes, fans saw the toll of the scandal with their own eyes, with several of the accused having lost their jobs, their homes and in some cases even having taken their own lives after struggling to cope with the mental toll of being wrongfully blamed for the error.

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Will Mellor left 'fuming' and demands action playing Post Office scandal victim as former Coronation Street star speaks out

Will Mellor has said he was left 'fuming' portraying one of the Post Office scandal victims and has demanded action following the conclusion of a four-part ITV drama. The actor has portrayed Lee Castleton in Mr Bates vs The Post Office.

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ITV Mr Bates vs The Post Office star 'fuming' after discovering real-life scandal

Will Mellor was left "fuming" after playing Lee Castleton, a victim of the Post Office scandal, in ITV's series Mr Bates vs The Post Office.The series tells the true story of Alan Bates and his fight for justice following the Post Office scandal in the late 90s. The cast, alongside Will, 47, includes Toby Jones, Katherine Kelly, Amy Nuttall, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Monica Dolan, Lia Williams and Alex Jennings.There are four episodes in the series, with all of them available to watch on ITVX. After filming, Will questioned how those responsible for the crisis could live with themselves and labelled it as "vile" that former Post Office boss Paula Vennells received a CBE.

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Where ITV1's Mr Bates vs the Post Office is filmed

ITV1's Mr Bates vs the Post Office retells the story of how hundreds of innocent subpostmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft.

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Piers Morgan brands Post Office scandal 'absolute disgrace' as he praises 'hero' Alan Bates

Piers Morgan, the host of TalkTV, has expressed his outrage over the "shameful" Post Office scandal that wrongfully imprisoned many post office workers.The staff were blamed for financial errors caused by a faulty computer system, Horizon. From 1999 to 2015, 700 postmasters and postmistresses were prosecuted by the Post Office in what is now known as one of the biggest scandals in British history. Piers shared his thoughts on social media, calling it "an absolute disgrace".

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Mr Bates Vs The Post Office: Where the victims are now including Alan Bates and Jo Hamilton

Viewers have so far been gripped with new ITV drama Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, which follows the story of the Post Office Scandal and the impact it has has on the real lives of those affected by it. The miscarriage of justice saw those wrongly accused endure immense suffering. Alongside those who went bankrupt and the pregnant mum facing jail, there are the four people who died by suicide and the 33 others no longer here and so will never see justice. The scandal goes back to 1999, when the Post Office rolled out a new computer accounting system Horizon, put in place to improve efficiency. But software glitches led to false financial discrepancies. This resulted in hundreds of innocent postmasters being accused of theft, false accounting, and fraud, the Mirror reports.

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Mr Bates vs The Post Office viewers heartbroken over shocking scenes

Viewers of ITV's Mr Bates vs The Post Office were upset after watching the second episode of the show which tells the true story of mysterious financial losses at village post offices, and how a new computer system led to many postmasters being wrongly accused of theft and fraud between 1999 and 2015.The show, with Toby Jones playing Alan Bates, tells the true story of his long fight for justice for many post office workers who were treated unfairly. After the second episode aired, viewers said that they "couldn't stop screaming at the TV". One person took to social media and said: "Time to start shouting at the TV again #MrBatesVsThePostOffice," while another wrote: "I thought I was up on the #PostOfficeScandal but watching #MrBatesVsThePostOffice really brings the personal horrors to life.

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ITV Mr Bates vs The Post Office real-life hero praised by Carol Vorderman for snubbing OBE

Former Countdown star Carol Vorderman has taken to social media to praise real-life hero Alan Bates for his decision to reject an OBE.The ITV drama series, Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, is currently a hot topic as it shines a light on one of the UK's biggest miscarriages of justice - the British Post Office scandal.The series, which is currently airing on ITV, stars award-winning actor Toby Jones as Alan Bates. He brings to life Alan's tireless fight against the Post Office on behalf of hundreds of wrongfully prosecuted and in some cases wrongly jailed subpostmasters and subpostmistresses.

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Mr Bates vs The Post Office's Toby Jones' life off screen with Emmerdale dad and famous mum

The familiar face of Toby Jones has returned to our screens for the new ITV drama Mr Bates vs Post Office, but what fans might not know is that he also has star-studded parents.Toby, 57, who holds an OBE, is best known for being the voice of Dobby in the Harry Potter films from 2002 to 2010. Other huge roles from the actor include Percy Alleline in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Claudius, the announcer for The Hunger Games.

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UK TV Ratings: BBC’s ‘The Tourist’ Returns To Just 2.2M & Is Comfortably Beaten By ITV Post Office Drama

BBC drama The Tourist returned for its second season last night in the lucrative New Year’s Day 9 p.m. GMT (1 p.m. PT) slot to just 2.2M viewers, beaten comfortably by ITV‘s post office drama.

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ITV Mr Bates vs The Post Office viewers in tears over suffering in 'sickening' drama

Viewers of ITV's new drama, Mr Bates vs The Post Office, were left feeling "sick to their stomach" and "in tears" after just one episode. The show tells the true story of mysterious financial losses at village post offices, and how a new computer system led to many postmasters being wrongly accused of theft and fraud between 1999 and 2015.The series, which aired on New Year's Day, follows Alan Bates and his partner Suzanne Sercombe who invested their life savings into a Post Office branch in Llandudno, North Wales. When money went missing, Alan, played by Toby Jones, denied responsibility like other postmasters, leading to the Post Office ending their contract within three months.This resulted in Alan and Suzanne losing their £65,000 investment.

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