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Mr Bates vs The Post Office

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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N/A

Year

Genre

biography, drama

Production

Border Music

Awards

6 wins & 9 nominations total

Alan Bates

Jo Hamilton

Suzanne Sercombe

Julie Hesmondhalgh

Lee Castleton

Lisa Castleton

Min Howard

Noel Thomas

Ifan Huw Dafydd

David Hamilton

Michael Rudkin

Bob Rutherford

Angela Van Den Bogerd

Katherine Kelly

James Arbuthnot

Saman Kaur

Jasgun Singh

Paula Vennells

Pam Stubbs

James Hartley

John Hollingworth

Kay Linnell

Isobel Middleton

Richard Roll

Business Reporter

Retail Manager

Patrick Green

Police Constable

Reverend Jane

Issy Hogg

Gina Griffiths

Clare Calbraith

Millie-Jo Castleton

Martin Griffiths

Cameron Castleton

Ryan Fleming

Hockum Salhan

Darren Houghton

Anne Chambers

Judge Dellon

Celia Robertson

Sledgehammer Robber

Judge Harvey

George Delph

Crowbar Robber

Rebecca Thomson

Judge Hooton

Contracts Manager

Devnoor Singh

Sulaiman Kausar

Stuart Wentworth QC

Consultant Psychiatrist

Mr. Justice Fraser

Susan Crichton

Caroline Gruber

Mohammad Sabir

Bus Driver

Ansko Pitkänen

Radio Broadcaster

Behrouz Heydari

Nadhim Zahawi

Joshua

James Naughtie

unknown episodes

Regional TV Reporter

Police Officer

Colin Baker

Andrew Greenough

Prosecutor

Claira Watson Parr

PLO Manager

Village Passerby

Dickon R Thompson

Lawyer

Henchman

Gerald (High Court Guard)

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You know, confused,
sceptical, amused. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

You know, confused, sceptical, amused.

They've unilaterally
taken away our access - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

They've unilaterally taken away our access

(BOTH CHUCKLING) - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

I can't investigate in a blindfold
with both hands tied behind my back. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I can't investigate in a blindfold with both hands tied...

555 subpostmasters in our group
and I have to go on first. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

555 subpostmasters in our group and I have to go on first.

I have to go to mediation
because we can't afford to go to law. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I have to go to mediation because we can't afford to go...

{\an8}I do solemnly and sincerely
and truly declare and affirm - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

{\an8}I do solemnly and sincerely and truly declare and affi...

Bob, if you walk away now, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Bob, if you walk away now,

And you'll never find out
what happens at the end of the story. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

And you'll never find out what happens at the end of th...

It's er, it's Lee Castleton
here again, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

It's er, it's Lee Castleton here again,

(CHUCKLES) - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Mr Bates, it would be right to say - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Mr Bates, it would be right to say

They...they knew
I had to fight them, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

They...they knew I had to fight them,

Now, you'll see from my records, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Now, you'll see from my records,

At paragraph 15
of your witness statement, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

At paragraph 15 of your witness statement,

"The subpostmaster
is personally responsible - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

"The subpostmaster is personally responsible

The Post Office
are still investigating - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

The Post Office are still investigating

So, if it's definitely something
that I'm doing wrong, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

So, if it's definitely something that I'm doing wr...

At the time we took over
the Post Office, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

At the time we took over the Post Office,

The original deficit
of 1,182 pounds. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

The original deficit of 1,182 pounds.

I'm gonna write it down now - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I'm gonna write it down now

What you need to do
is isolate your transaction. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

What you need to do is isolate your transaction.

You need to put in a number
that is one digit higher - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

You need to put in a number that is one digit higher

No, that was er,
that was definitely Horizon, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

No, that was er, that was definitely Horizon,

It was Horizon - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Well, it jumped out.
The errors jumped out. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Well, it jumped out. The errors jumped out.

Yeah, yeah,
it's just all these delays, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Yeah, yeah, it's just all these delays,

Me neither.
Nobody else has these problems. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Me neither. Nobody else has these problems.

Once they were in with weapons, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Once they were in with weapons,

I put to you generally - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I put to you generally

Jas, I think
we should get a medical report. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Jas, I think we should get a medical report.

I have to open in the morning,
my old ladies rely on me. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I have to open in the morning, my old ladies rely on me.

When cases go on and on like this,
it can be hard for the defendant. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

When cases go on and on like this, it can be hard for the de...

So, one digit higher or lower. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

So, one digit higher or lower.

That is being put to you so that
you can tell me what the answer is. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

That is being put to you so that you can tell me what the an...

I took over Barkham Post Office - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I took over Barkham Post Office

Hello?
Oh! It's Jo. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Hello? Oh! It's Jo.

It is fair to say
your memory of the details - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

It is fair to say your memory of the details

(COURTROOM MURMURS) - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

(COURTROOM MURMURS)

I see people I know, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I see people I know,

If I just had the money
for a stupid train ticket... - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

If I just had the money for a stupid train ticket...

Moving then forward
to your suspension - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Moving then forward to your suspension

Every time the door goes
I think it's them come to get me. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Every time the door goes I think it's them come to get ...

I'll be fine, Mrs Goggins.
The post always gets through. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I'll be fine, Mrs Goggins. The post always gets through...

I was probably as angry and upset
as I have ever been in my life. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I was probably as angry and upset as I have ever been in my ...

Because for the last six months, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Because for the last six months,

How can I put it, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

How can I put it,

A lot of people might think, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

A lot of people might think,

I just think that the Post Office - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I just think that the Post Office

There's just got to be
something else going on - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

There's just got to be something else going on

I had no entry to my post office - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I had no entry to my post office

She's a natural!
(CHUCKLES) - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

She's a natural! (CHUCKLES)

But my point is you immediately
blame it on Horizon - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

But my point is you immediately blame it on Horizon

The Post Office
have been I think pretty hardnosed - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

The Post Office have been I think pretty hardnosed

Trouble is,
nobody watches local news. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Trouble is, nobody watches local news.

..and I think their bosses
need to think again - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

..and I think their bosses need to think again

Whatever it is you're reading, Alan, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Whatever it is you're reading, Alan,

(CHUCKLING) - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Year one of the degree - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Year one of the degree

The Post Office has read
555 postmasters' statements. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

The Post Office has read 555 postmasters' statements.

So, they chose Mohammad Sabir - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

So, they chose Mohammad Sabir

Oh, god! Computer Science? - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Oh, god! Computer Science?

Why don't you do
English or philosophy? - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Why don't you do English or philosophy?

So just watch them try to make him
look stupid, as well as dishonest. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

So just watch them try to make him look stupid, as well as d...

(MURMURS) - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Do you accept from me - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Do you accept from me

In which case why not Aromatherapy - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

In which case why not Aromatherapy

And my student grant will help
keep this roof over our heads. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

And my student grant will help keep this roof over our heads...

Also, we'll be able to set up
a website - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Also, we'll be able to set up a website

But in two of the cases
the individuals have in the past - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

But in two of the cases the individuals have in the past

I have written back
to the Member of Parliament - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I have written back to the Member of Parliament

Three years since we lost
the Post Office - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Three years since we lost the Post Office

Freedom of Information - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Freedom of Information

At that time, I was just
thinking to buy the business, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

At that time, I was just thinking to buy the business,

You're only allowed a question,
to ask a question, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

You're only allowed a question, to ask a question,

(LISA STARTS CRYING) - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

(LISA STARTS CRYING)

So if I am clear, honest, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

So if I am clear, honest,

(BOTH SOB) - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC) - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

(INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC)

OK. I think you would agree
that a deficit of 4,878 pounds - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

OK. I think you would agree that a deficit of 4,878 pounds

(BOTH CONTINUE SOBBING) - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

(BOTH CONTINUE SOBBING)

Have you read all the documents
which I submitted? - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Have you read all the documents which I submitted?

I rang the Post Office Helpline, - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I rang the Post Office Helpline,

I just want to be able to take you - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I just want to be able to take you

You know, proper holiday abroad,
not just camping. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

You know, proper holiday abroad, not just camping.

The same one who said dad stole
lots of money off old people. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

The same one who said dad stole lots of money off old people...

..and just put us
on a slow boat to China. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

..and just put us on a slow boat to China.

I never thought
that I will lose everything - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

I never thought that I will lose everything

And there's still half of Snowdonia
waiting to be climbed. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

And there's still half of Snowdonia waiting to be climb...

A, the Post Office
has taken all our money. - Mr Bates vs The Post Office

A, the Post Office has taken all our money.

Mr Bates vs The Post Office poster

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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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Director: N/A

Writer: N/A

Production: Border Music

Genre: biography, drama

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 8.5

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Released: 07 Apr 2024

Awards: 6 wins & 9 nominations total

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