MR BATES vs THE POST OFFICE
The Real Story
1 x 60
To accompany the four part ITV drama
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.
CREDITS
Narrated by
TOBY JONES
Archive
ALAMY
AVALON.RED
BASINGSTOKE GAZETTE/SOLENT NEWS
BBC MOTION GALLERY/GETTY IMAGES
BBC PANORAMA
GETTY IMAGES
MIDLAND NEWS ASSOCIATION
PARLIAMENTARY RECORDING UNIT
POND 5
THE POST OFFICE HORIZON IT INQUIRY
Music
JAMES VINE
FELT MUSIC
Directors of Photography
MARK NORTH
JONATHAN PARTRIDGE
Shooting Camera Assistant
JAKOB BORGES
Sound Recordist
ALEX ASHCROFT
Production Accountant
MADDIE WILLIAMS
Graphics
Dave Whyte
Dubbing Mixer
George Pinnock
Colourist
Steve Lucas
Online Editor
Terry Brown
Business Affairs
SUSAN COOKE - MEDIA WIZARDS
Programme Legal Advice
CLARE HOBAN – REVIEWED AND CLEARED
Production Co Ordinator
MABEL HOWELL
Production Managers
ELI HARDY
GAIL MORRISON
Line Producer
CAROLINE MCGUIRE
Head of Production
SHOLA SITTABEY
Producer/ Director
CARA BOWEN
AODH BREATHNACH
TASH GAUNT
ASHOK PRASAD
Shooting Producer
CANDACE DAVIES
Commissioning Editor for ITV
JO CLINTON-DAVIS
Film Editor
THEO WILLIAMS
Producer / Director
CLARE RICHARDS
Executive Producers
NATASHA BONDY
BEN GALE