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Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story

Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 4, 2024

Runtime

0h 48m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

83%

Original Title

Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story

Production Companies

Little Gem Media

Director

Clare Richards

Description

When Post Office subpostmasters up and down the country started to experience big shortfalls in their accounts, Post Office assumed they were stealing the money and prosecuted them. Hundred were given criminal convictions and many were sent to prison. Lives, marriages, reputations – all ruined. The shortfalls were in fact, a result of errors in the Post Office’s own IT system, known as Horizon. It was something the Post Office had always denied. For over twenty years, former subpostmaster Alan Bates has fought tirelessly for justice for all the subpostmasters who were so poorly treated by the brand they had loved. This is his story.