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Mr Bates Vs The Post Office
''Mr Bates vs The Post Office'' is a four-part British television drama series for ITV (TV network), ITV, written by Gwyneth Hughes, directed by James Strong (director), James Strong and starring an ensemble cast led by Toby Jones. The series is a dramatisation of the British Post Office scandal, a miscarriage of justice in which hundreds of Post Office Ltd#Services, subpostmasters were wrongly Private prosecution, prosecuted privately and Crown Prosecution Service, 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 series takes its name from the court case instigated by the former subpostmaster Alan Bates (sub-postmaster), Alan Bates and others. Synopsis A faulty IT system called Horizon creates apparent cash shortfalls that cause Post Office Limited to pursue prosecutions for fraud, theft and false accounting against a number of subpostmasters across the UK. In 2009, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gwyneth Hughes
Gwyneth Hughes is a British documentary director and screenwriter who works mainly in television. Early life She is a former newspaper journalist from the north of England. Career Her credits include the crime drama '' Five Days'', ''Cherished'', a film about the wrongful conviction of Angela Cannings, an adaptation of Charles Dickens's unfinished work '' The Mystery of Edwin Drood'', and '' The Girl'', which explores an alleged obsession Alfred Hitchcock had with the actress Tippi Hedren. Her work on ''Five Days'' earned her a nomination at the 2008 Golden Globe Awards. In 2013 she wrote ''Remember Me'', which debuted on the BBC in November 2014. In 2018, she executive-produced and adapted William Makepeace Thackeray's novel '' Vanity Fair'' into a 7-part television mini-series for ITV and Amazon Studios. She adapted the Henry Fielding Tom Jones novel for the Tom Jones (miniseries) to be broadcast on PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |