'Mr. Bates Vs. The Post Office' tells the true story of the biggest miscarriage of justice in British legal history. I followed the story on the news as it happened, and thought I was well acquainted with the facts, but the series still managed to shock. I have been involved in the past with major IT changes, and anomalies that show up have to be investigated and resolved. Pushing the blame for financial shortfalls onto people who have run their Post Offices successfully for years is astonishing. There are people in the organisation who who must have known there was not a sudden rush of fraudulent behaviour and that the IT ( Horizon ) was at fault. But they have not been punished which is another scandal. This series has none of the usual faults inherent in 21st century television drama ( actors mumbling their lines, intrusive background music, liberties taken with facts ) and the acting ( Toby Jones and Monica Dolan ) is first-rate. Let us hope that nothing like this scandal ever happens again. Computers, like people, can make mistakes.
Review of Mr Bates vs. The Post Office
