2025 Nominees

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office: The Real Story

Production Company: Little Gem

Produced for: ITV

Executive Producer (Production Company): Natasha Bondy, Ben Gale

Executive Producer (network/platform): N/A

Country or Territory where first released: United Kingdom

Synopsis:

Featuring an exclusive interview with Alan Bates, this film reveals the full shocking story depicted in one of the most talked-about dramas in recent times – a drama that inspired a nation to call for real-world action. Described as ‘the widest miscarriage of justice in British legal history’, the Post Office scandal saw hundreds of local branch managers accused of theft and false accounting. Lives, marriages and reputations were ruined. But the issue was actually caused by the Post Office’s own computer system. In 2009, Alan Bates started the fightback, leading an epic battle to right so many horrific wrongs.