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Mr Bates vs The Post Office episode 1 recap: who is Alan Bates?

In our Mr Bates vs The Post Office episode 1 recap, we go over all the major events in the series premiere of the ITV1 and ITVX drama.

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Mr Bates vs the Post Office review – Toby Jones is perfect in a devastating tale of a national scandal

A starry cast takes on one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history. They’re the ideal way in to skulduggery so terrifying it could be a Black Mirror episode

The Guardian - UK

Mr Bates vs the Post Office review: ITV drama focuses too much on the story and too little on the telling

Jones and a fine assembly of British television actors bring the Post Office scandal to life

The Independent UK

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Mr Bates vs The Post Office on ITV review: damning retelling of the real-life scandal is essential viewing

This damning four-parter shows how trusted systems of power can operate with callous disregard for people – and how collective action can make a difference

Evening Standard

How to watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office online or on TV

Here's how you can watch Mr Bates vs The Post Office in full online — Toby Jones stars in this tale of a devastating miscarriage of justice.

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How to watch Toby Jones in 'Mr Bates vs The Post Office' online

Toby Jones stars in this true-life drama about a shocking U.K. scandal. Read our guide for how to watch "Mr Bates vs The Post Office" in full online and from anywhere now.

Tom’s Guide

New Year’s Day TV: Jamie Dornan’s wild thriller The Tourist is back with a bang

Elliot and Helen are together travelling the world until they land in trouble in Ireland. Plus, a scathing drama about the Post Office scandal. Here’s what to watch this evening

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‘We all secretly think they’re spinning it out so everyone dies before they get their money’: Inside Mr Bates vs the Post Office

The series stars Toby Jones as subpostmaster Alan Bates, the man who led the fight to bring the Post Office to justice after one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. Ellie Harrison hears from the cast and crew about how it was made

The Independent UK

Post Office Horizon inquiry: ‘enough evidence for police investigation’

Lawyers say enough evidence has emerged for police to consider prosecuting former Post Office executives

The Guardian - UK

Cash withdrawals hit all-time high on last Friday before Christmas – Post Office

More than £62 million was withdrawn by personal customers on Friday December 22, the highest amount ever taken out on a single day.

The Independent UK

Mr Bates vs The Post Office: who plays who, from Toby Jones to Monica Dolan

ITV is dramatising the heartbreaking and appalling true story of the British subpostmasters wrongly accused of fraud and theft

Evening Standard

20 TV shows everyone will be talking about in 2024, from One Day to the return of The Traitors

There’ll be plenty to hunker down and get stuck into over the next 12 months, with a stack of hearty comedies, hair-raising thrillers, and even a star-studded Jilly Cooper bonkbuster in the mix. Ellie Harrison and Katie Rosseinsky take a look

The Independent UK

Mr Bates vs the Post Office: what’s the real story of the Post Office scandal?

It was called one of the 'worst miscarriages of justice in British history'. Here's what you need to know

Evening Standard

Post Office almost halves amount set aside for Horizon IT scandal compensation

Annual results show it holds only £244m for payments to wrongly convicted branch managers, after fewer appeals than expected

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Mr Bates and the Post Office: the true stories behind the show's real-life characters

We uncover the real people behind the drama that reveals the awful Post Office scandal

The Hindu

Post Office Bill 2023 | State surveillance and privacy concerns explained

With the passage of the Post Office Bill, 2023, in the Rajya Sabha, the Hindu decodes the privacy and state surveillance concerns surrounding it

The Guardian - UK

Post Office PR boss helped write ‘story’ that was used in prosecution of operators, inquiry hears

Wording defended faulty Horizon IT system when post office operators were wrongly accused of stealing

The Guardian - UK

‘I’m very aware of being public school now. All those things you loathe’: Toby Jones on class, character and the cost of fame

The Detectorists actor discusses his new drama about a scandalous miscarriage of justice – and what Monty Python has in common with Boris Johnson

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The Guardian - UK

From the contaminated blood scandal to Hillsborough, we need whistleblowers now more than ever

Those who stand up to injustice for the rest of us risk financial ruin and worse. The law must protect them

The Guardian - UK

Creative ways to save money on cards, wrapping and gifts this Christmas

From making the perfect present to finding the cheapest way to send it, here’s how to spread festive cheer on a budget

The Conversation

Why Royal Mail is struggling to deliver

Royal Mail, the UK’s oldest postal service, has received plenty of bad news in recent weeks. It has been fined for failing to achieve its delivery targets, lost an exclusive deal with the Post Office and recorded operating losses of £319 million – £100 million higher than for the same…

The Guardian - UK

Horizon bugs were kept from me, ex-Post Office lawyer tells inquiry

Lawyer involved in prosecution of wrongfully convicted clerk who became homeless says executives did not pass on information

The Guardian - UK

Royal Mail loses 360-year monopoly on delivering parcels from Post Office sites

Customer dissatisfaction with service thought to be reason for expanding remit to Evri and DPD

The Independent UK

Post Office customers to be offered DPD and Evri parcel delivery options

The new service will begin in selected branches in time for the peak Christmas delivery season.

The Guardian - UK

Subpostmasters betrayed, contaminated blood victims forgotten: why is Britain so bad at righting wrongs?

Interminable public inquiries won’t give the victims of medical scandals and miscarriages of justice their lives back , says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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