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Mr Bates vs the Post Office is ITV’s biggest drama in three years

Show has prompted public debate and political change regarding handling of the 1999 Post Office Horizon scandal

The Independent UK

Comedian Rosie Holt dupes followers with GMB Post Office sketch

Playing a Conservative politician on ‘Good Morning Britain’, Holt suggested that the Post Office Horizon was the fault of ITV and star Toby Jones for taking ‘so long’ to make ‘Mr Bates vs the Post Office’

The Independent UK

From the Post Office scandal to nuclear attack: 13 TV shows that shook Britain

Mr Bates vs the Post Office has caused shockwaves in Westminster. Is it the most influential TV drama ever? We weigh the contenders, from Cathy Come Home to Queer As Folk to Who Bombed Birmingham?

The Guardian - UK

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Mr Bates writer ‘astounded’ by response to ‘niche’ story of Post Office scandal

Gwyneth Hughes spent three years developing the four-part drama series about the biggest miscarriage of justice in Britain’s history

The Independent UK

Tuesday briefing: How a TV drama is helping bring justice in the Post Office scandal

In today’s newsletter: Since Mr Bates v The Post Office aired on ITV, dozens of people affected have come forward to seek recompense for their ruined lives

The Guardian - UK

A first-class exposé of the Post Office scandal

Letters: Readers react to the scandal highlighted in the recent ITV drama about sub-postmasters wrongly accused of fraud by the Post Office

The Guardian - UK

'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.

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The week in TV: Truelove; Mr Bates vs the Post Office; The Traitors; The Tourist – review

Old friends make a pact in a pithy euthanasia thriller; finally, the Post Office scandal gets the attention it deserves; more backstabbers gather at the castle; and from the outback to Ireland with Jamie Dornan

The Guardian - UK

‘Despicable’: Viewers react to ‘blood-boiling’ ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Four-part series on a brutal British legal injustice features ensemble cast including Toby Jones, Will Mellor and Julie Hesmondhalgh

The Independent UK

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

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.

WhatToWatch

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.

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The Guardian - UK

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

The Independent UK

‘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 Guardian - UK

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens audiobook review – starry spin on a classic

Ncuti Gatwa, Helena Bonham Carter, Toby Jones and more imbue the latest Sam Mendes-produced adaptation of the author’s works with wit, charm and magic

Evening Standard

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

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The week in audio: The Chimes; Uncanny Christmas Special; The Today Podcast – review

Toby Jones stars in a pitch-perfect Dickens adaptation; it’s all round to Daisy May Cooper’s haunted house; and Esther Rantzen’s frank revelations are an inspiration

Evening Standard

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 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

WhatToWatch

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story: release date, cast, plot, episode guide, trailer, interviews and everything you need to know

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story sees Lucy Boynton play Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK.

The Guardian - UK

The Long Shadow review – a shattering serial killer drama that breaks all the rules

A mighty cast including Katherine Kelly and Toby Jones tells the stories of the women murdered by Peter Sutcliffe. Finally, the focus is on the victims

The Independent UK

The Long Shadow review: True-crime drama has a leering fixation with the gory details

ITV show seeks to shift the focus to the victims of the Yorkshire Ripper, but it actually ends up glamourising of one of Britain’s worst ever serial killers

The Guardian - UK

‘The most responsibility I’ve ever felt’: the poignant drama giving Peter Sutcliffe’s victims a voice

Starry new drama The Long Shadow takes an innovative approach to the murders that rocked 70s Yorkshire. Its creators talk crippling nerves, dodging stereotypes – and writing the Ripper out of the story

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