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‘Oh my God, she’s been buried!’: Mr Bates star Monica Dolan on Paula Vennells, playing heroes and villains, and why TV is getting more generic

As part of a Bafta TV special, the nominated actor talks about the making of the Post Office scandal drama, the struggle to make new shows, and portraying Rosemary West

The Guardian - UK

Stalking saga Baby Reindeer leads 2025 TV Bafta nominations

Richard Gadd’s semi-autobiographical stalker thriller has eight nominations, with Mr Bates Vs the Post Office and the raunchy bonkbuster Rivals on six apiece

The Guardian - UK

Subpostmaster campaigners hope OBEs will help fight for full and fair redress

Lee Castleton, Seema Misra, Chris Head and Jo Hamilton were all recognised for their services to justice.

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Post Office campaigner peer calls for branches to be expanded with more services

Lord Arbuthnot, who campaigned for wrongly convicted subpostmasters, says the Post Office’s future is about ‘holding communities together’.

Evening Standard

‘I read the new scripts and nearly died!’: the return of Sherwood – the drama that gripped a nation

James Graham’s series about a divided former mining town was a genre-defying smash. So where does they go with series two? The writer and stars talk about guns, Keir Starmer and 2022’s most unpredictable plot twist

The Guardian - UK

Horizon IT scandal investigator tells inquiry Post Office was ‘sabotaging our efforts’

Ian Henderson, looking into possible miscarriages of justice, said he came to believe he was dealing with ‘a cover-up’

The Guardian - UK

Ex-Post Office boss Paula Vennells booed by subpostmasters for saying their cases ‘bored’ her

Former chief executive in 2014 dismissed stories of injustice but tells inquiry she regrets everything she said

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Tearful testimony confirms for many how much Post Office’s Vennells knew

There were times during Horizon inquiry when victims of scandal struggled to keep composure as former chief executive pleaded ignorance

The Guardian - UK

Former Post Office chief Paula Vennells ‘refused to quit £50,000-a-year NHS role’ after Horizon scandal broke

Chair role at Imperial Hospitals Healthcare NHS Trust reportedly paid former Post Office boss £50,000 a year

The Independent UK

Former Post Office boss Vennells ‘heading into corner where there is no way out’, as inquiry showdown looms

Former Post Office boss Paula Vennells is said to believe there was no miscarriage of justice between 1999 and 2015

The Independent UK

Tuesday briefing: What to expect from the next phase of the Post Office inquiry

In today’s newsletter: As Alan Bates prepares to speak on the devastating impact on thousands of former post office operators, we look at where the public inquiry into the Horizon scandal goes from here

The Guardian - UK

Horizon scandal victim uses Brits appearance to urge faster compensation

Jo Hamilton presented a music award alongside Monica Dolan, who portrayed her in Mr Bates vs The Post Office

The Guardian - UK

We’ve all felt like ‘skint little people’ against the system – that’s why the Post Office drama broke our hearts

Faceless computers have replaced vengeful gods, But the rules of Greek tragedy still apply: the powerful can wreak havoc on human lives, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins

The Guardian - UK

‘The timing was impeccable’: why it took a TV series to bring the Post Office scandal to light

Despite a two-year inquiry and years of campaigning, it was the four-hour drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office that enabled the British public to pay proper attention to the unbelievable horrors of this story

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The Guardian - UK

‘Systemically, seriously wrong’: the 20-year quest to reveal Post Office IT scandal

People behind characters in the ITV drama describe their efforts to highlight Horizon software injustices

Woman & Home

Where is the real Jo Hamilton from Mr Bates vs The Post Office now?

Here's what you need to know about the real Jo Hamilton, the Subpostmistress who was a victim of the Horizon Post Office Scandal

The Independent UK

Former Post Office boss hands back CBE – as she’s urged to give answers over Horizon scandal

Disgraced former chief executive apologises for ‘devastation’ caused – as Rishi Sunak eyes emergency bill to quash all 800 convictions at once

Evening Standard

OPINION - Strip Paula Vennells of her CBE, hold Ed Davey to account and give sub-postmasters justice

ITV’s Mr Bates vs The Post Office dramatises over four one-hour episodes one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British history. But this appalling story also features the best in grassroots activism and British journalism.

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International Business Times

'Appalling' False Convictions For UK Post Office 'Thefts' Spur Outrage

Public anger is mounting over what has been described as Britain's biggest ever miscarriage of justice that saw hundreds of subpostmasters wrongly convicted of theft because of a computer software glitch.

The Independent UK

Ed Davey has serious questions to answer over Post Office scandal, victims say

Sir Ed Davey was postal affairs minister from 2010 to 2012 and has been accused of having ’fobbed off’ victims

The Conversation

Mr Bates vs The Post Office depicts one of the UK's worst miscarriages of justice: here’s why so many victims didn’t speak out

The new ITV drama about the Post Office Horizon IT scandal is an incredibly important vehicle for getting the story of what is increasingly recognised as one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British history into public consciousness.

WhatToWatch

Mr Bates vs The Post Office episode 3 recap: Mediation

Need a refresher for Mr Bates vs The Post Office episode 3? Here's a full recap of the hard-hitting drama's penultimate episode.

WhatToWatch

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.

Evening Standard

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

WhatToWatch

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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