Genre: Drama
Directed by James Strong
Written by Gwyneth Hughes
Starring: Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Alex Jennings, Katherine Kelly & Lia Williams.
Executive producers: Patrick Spence, Gwyneth Hughes, Natasha Bondy, Ben Gale, James Strong, Joe Williams
Producer: Chris Clough
Production companies: ITV Studios, Little Gem
Distributor: ITV
Channel: ITVX
Plot: The extraordinary story of the greatest miscarriage 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.
The Mr Bates vs The Post Office series was amazing.
Pros: I was surprised how emotional the series can get. I also like how each of the individuals are affected by the situation around them. All the actors were excellent. A lot of sadness to be had and I successfully binge watched this series today.
Cons: My only problem with its pacing.
Casts & Characters:
- Toby Jones as Alan Bates
- Monica Dolan as Jo Hamilton
- Julie Hesmondhalgh as Suzanne Sercombe
- Alex Jennings as James Arbuthnot
- Ian Hart as Bob Rutherford
- Lia Williams as Paula Vennells
- Will Mellor as Lee Castleton
- Amy Nuttall as Lisa Castleton
- Krupa Pattani as Saman Kaur
- Amit Shah as Jas Singh
- Colin Tierney as Martin Griffiths
- Clare Calbraith as Gina Griffiths
- Shaun Dooley as Michael Rudkin
- Lesley Nicol as Pam Stubbs
- John Hollingworth as James Hartley
- Adam James as Patrick Green QC
- Katherine Kelly as Angela van Den Bogerd
- Isobel Middleton as Kay Linnell
- Pip Torrens as Lord Justice Fraser
- Nadhim Zahawi as himself
- James Naughtie as himself
I highly recommend watching this series on ITVX.
Rating: 10 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe