{"id":64890,"date":"2024-01-29T17:42:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-29T22:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=64890"},"modified":"2024-01-29T18:12:11","modified_gmt":"2024-01-29T23:12:11","slug":"masterpiece-to-air-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/29\/masterpiece-to-air-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Masterpiece&#8221; to Air &#8220;Mr Bates vs The Post Office&#8221; [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64891\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mr-Bates-vs-The-Post-Office-poster.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mr-Bates-vs-The-Post-Office-poster.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Mr-Bates-vs-The-Post-Office-poster-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/>Following one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history, <em><strong>Mr Bates vs The Post Office<\/strong><\/em> was created with direct input from the innocent &#8211; and indomitable &#8211; people caught up in it. Following the UK broadcast on ITV, the series has set off a firestorm of public interest and, within eight days of premiering, the Prime Minister announced a new law to pardon the victims who had been wrongly convicted. The stellar ensemble cast is led by BAFTA award-winning Toby Jones (<em>Empire of Light, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, and Sherlock<\/em>) as Alan Bates and will premiere on Sunday, April 7, 2024 on MASTERPIECE on PBS.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zPkvYXufpAY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>When money started to seemingly disappear from its local branches, the government-owned Post Office wrongly blamed their own managers for its apparent loss. For more than a decade, hundreds were accused of theft and fraud, and many were even sent to prison &#8211; leaving lives, marriages, and reputations in ruins. But the issue was actually caused by errors in the Post Office&#8217;s own computer system &#8211; something it denied for years. Revealing a shocking David vs. Goliath fight for justice, this is the story of the decent ordinary people who were relentlessly pursued, coerced, and controlled by a powerful corporation, and their ongoing battle, against seemingly insurmountable odds, to right so many horrific wrongs.<\/p><div id=\"morty-4189009956\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Patrick Spence, Executive Producer, said &#8220;Our ambition in telling this story was simply that the Subpostmasters felt heard. We were so angry on their behalf, we wanted others to feel it too. And they did: the whole country is angry now! They rose up to stand beside the Subpostmasters with such determination and such rage that the Prime Minister had no choice but to act within days. They certainly feel heard now.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YUgpTx5j_Ho?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Natasha Bondy, Executive Producer, Little Gem added &#8220;It was impossible not to empathize with the Subpostmasters at the heart of this scandal. People who&#8217;d been forced to question their own sanity and the behaviour of loved ones and employees, at the hands of a trusted institution. Getting their stories to a wider public so that everyone could understand what they&#8217;ve been through, was our biggest hope.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Susanne Simpson, MASTERPIECE Executive Producer says, &#8220;<em>Mr Bates vs The Post Office<\/em> is a testament to the people who persisted in their search for truth and justice. The producers of this powerful drama have reignited the public interest in the Subpostmasters&#8217; 20-year quest for justice. I&#8217;m incredibly proud that MASTERPIECE will bring this story to the American audience.&#8221; MASTERPIECE is presented on PBS by GBH Boston.<\/p>\n<p>Writer Gwyneth Hughes commented, &#8220;I&#8217;ve spent a lot of time with the Subpostmasters at the heart of this fightback, whose lives were turned upside down by this appalling business. They are a very British bunch of lively, interesting, and indomitable people who never gave up, and I&#8217;m honoured to bring their stories to an international audience. I still find it just astonishing, and deeply troubling, that this could have happened in my country; I confess it&#8217;s shaken my confidence in British justice. So it&#8217;s been extraordinary and humbling to witness how a huge television audience can force change.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-1850075683\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Monica Dolan (<em>The Thief, His Wife, and The Canoe<\/em>), Julie Hesmondhalgh (<em>The Pact, The Trouble With Maggie Cole<\/em>), Alex Jennings (<em>This Is Going to Hurt, The Crown<\/em>), Ian Hart (<em>The Responder<\/em>), Lia Williams (<em>The Crown, The Capture<\/em>), Will Mellor (<em>Coronation Street, No Offence<\/em>), Clare Calbraith (<em>Grace, Anne<\/em>), Shaun Dooley (<em>Gentleman Jack, It&#8217;s A Sin<\/em>), Amit Shah (<em>Happy Valley<\/em>) Lesley Nicol (<em>Downton Abbey<\/em>) Adam James (<em>The Suspect, Vigil<\/em>) and Katherine Kelly (<em>Bloods, Gentleman Jack<\/em>) round out the cast.<\/p>\n<p><em>Mr Bates vs The Post Office<\/em> will premiere on MASTERPIECE on PBS on April 7, 2024 @ 9PM\/8c on broadcast and will be available to stream on <a href=\"http:\/\/PBS.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PBS.org<\/a>, the PBS App, and the PBS MASTERPIECE Prime Video Channel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/masterpiece\/specialfeatures\/masterpiece-to-air-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/masterpiece\/specialfeatures\/masterpiece-to-air-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\r\n      <table id=\"tmdb-pro\">\r\n        <tbody>\r\n          <tr>\r\n            <td class=\"tmdb-pro-poster\" width=\"20%\" rowspan=\"3\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/image.tmdb.org\/t\/p\/w300_and_h450_bestv2\/\/sQWIaSoMbuPxDBiAcCeQIn3NLZx.jpg\"><\/td>\r\n            <td>\r\n              <h3><b>Mr Bates vs The Post Office<\/b><\/h3>\r\n            <\/td>\r\n          <\/tr>\r\n          <tr><td><span><b>Network:<\/b> ITV1<\/span><span><b>Genre:<\/b> Drama<\/span><span><b>Seasons:<\/b> 1<\/span><span><b>Episodes:<\/b> 4<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><h5><b>Overview<\/b><\/h5><p>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.<\/p><\/td><\/tr>\r\n        <\/tbody>\r\n      <\/table>  \r\n    <br \/>\n<div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-26535\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-25983\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb.jpg\" alt=\"Powered by TMDB.org\" width=\"250\" height=\"52\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb.jpg 353w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/program-info-provided-by-tmdb-350x74.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: .4em;\"><span style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; font: normal 8pt Arial;\">TV &amp; Movie information has been provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoviedb.org\/\">themoviedb.org<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history, Mr Bates vs The Post Office was created with direct input from the innocent &#8211; and indomitable &#8211; people caught up in it. 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