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The series is a dramatisation of the British Post Office scandal, a miscarriage of justice in which hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted (privately and publicly) for theft, false accounting or fraud due to a faulty computer system called Horizon. It was broadcast on four consecutive days from 1 January 2024.
The British Post Office scandal, also called the Horizon IT scandal, involved the Post Office pursuing thousands of innocent subpostmasters for apparent financial shortfalls caused by faults in Horizon, an accounting software system developed by Fujitsu. Between 1999 and 2015, more than 900 subpostmasters were convicted of theft, fraud and ...
ITV's managing director of media and entertainment, Kevin Lygo, says that the drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office lost the broadcaster £1m. [108] Ofcom warns radio and television stations with programmes hosted by politicians that they could be fined if they break impartiality rules in the run up to the next general election. [109] 26
Watch as Paula Vennells' closing statement was heard in the Post Office Horizon IT inquiry on Tuesday, 17 December. More than 900 subpostmasters were prosecuted between 1999 and 2015 after faulty ...
The Crown star Carrington, 31, is hoping the power of the ITV drama will lead to more TV factual dramas being commissioned, including his own about the infected blood scandal. View this post on ...
Campaigners have previously pushed for the infected blood scandal to receive the same attention as the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
In ITV's 2023-4 docu-drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, ITV failed to make mention of the role of Crozier in the unfolding seven years of the British Post Office scandal, prior to the reins being handed over in 2010 to his successor CEO Paula Vennells. [22] At the time Crozier was Royal Mail CEO, the Post Office was, in effect, a division thereof.
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