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| Title Statement | Mr. Bates vs the Post Office [DVD] / written by Gwyneth Hughes ; directed by James Strong. |
|---|---|
| Alternative Title(s) | Mister Bates versus the Post Office Mister Bates vs the Post Office Mr. Bates versus the Post Office |
| Series | Masterpiece theatre (Television program) |
| Additional Contributors | Dolan, Monica |
| Dooley, Shaun | |
| Hart, Ian,1964- | |
| Hesmondhalgh, Julie | |
| Hughes, Gwyneth | |
| Jennings, Alex | |
| Jones, Toby,1966- | |
| Kelly, Katherine,1979- | |
| Mellor, Will,1976- | |
| Pattani, Krupa | |
| Shah, Amit,1981- | |
| Strong, James | |
| Williams, Lia | |
| Publication | Arlington, VA: PBS,[2024]©2024 |
| Extent of Item | 2 videodiscs (240 minutes) |
| ISBN | 9781531717124 |
| Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 841887049085 |
| Other Number | av07695154 |
| General Notes | "SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions"--container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2024. Title from container. |
| Performance Credits | Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Shaun Dooley, Ian Hart, Alex Jennings, Katherine Kelly, Will Mellor, Amit Shah, Krupa Pattani, Lia Williams. |
| Audience & Ratings | PG. |
| Languages | Audio track in English, captions in English. |
| System Details | DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic. |
| Terms of Use | For private home use only. |
| Contents | Disc 1. Episodes 1-2.Disc 2. Episodes 3-4 --The real story of Mr. Bates vs the Post Office documentary. |
| Summary | Based on the true story of one man's fight against one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. Starting more than 20 years ago, the Post Office wrongly dismissed, harassed, and prosecuted hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters for theft, fraud, and false accounting. Sub Postmasters were told they were the only ones to report a problem with a new computer system called Horizon. When Alan Bates was fired, he refused to accept the Post Office blame. He found and brought together a group of other isolated and wrongly accused victims to form the Justice for Sub Postmasters Alliance. Alan Bates and his friends exposed a shocking scandal at the heart of the Post Office, a government-owned and much-loved national institution. |
| Subjects & Genres | |
| By Topic | Judicial error--Fiction |
| Post office buildings--Fiction--England | |
| Software failures--Fiction--England | |
| Postal service--Fiction--England | |
| Class actions (Civil procedure)--Fiction--England | |
| Postmasters--Fiction--England | |
| By Name | Bates, Alan,1954- |
| By Genre | Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
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