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Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Mr Bates vs The Post Office

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Mr Bates vs The Post Office

2024- 2024

1 Seasons

4 Episodes

7.9(97 votes)

Ended

Drama

Overview

The story of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history, where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.

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ITV Studios

Little Gem Media

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Toby Jones

Toby Jones

Alan Bates

Julie Hesmondhalgh

Julie Hesmondhalgh

Suzanne Sercombe

Monica Dolan

Monica Dolan

Jo Hamilton

Shaun Dooley

Shaun Dooley

Michael Rudkin

Ian Hart

Ian Hart

Bob Rutherford

Lia Williams

Lia Williams

Paula Vennells

Will Mellor

Will Mellor

Lee Castleton

Amy Nuttall

Amy Nuttall

Lisa Castleton

Amit Shah

Amit Shah

Jasgun Singh

Krupa Pattani

Krupa Pattani

Saman Kaur

Creative team

Created by: James Strong
Showrunner: Natasha Bondy
Ben Gale
Produced by: Chris Clough

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