#Mr Bates vs The Post Office

[maysshortmoviereviews]

Mr. Bates vs The Post Office (2024)

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.

This show is all based on a true story and it will make your blood boil and make you very angry at the injustice. This is still ongoing and you will not believe how long it has taken for the innocent postmasters and postmistresses to get this level of coverage. A must watch. If you are not in Britain, it will still be worth watching if you read up a little bit on the 'Horizon Post Office Scandal'. It really is just so wrong what has happened.

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[xserpx]

Started listening to the Great Post Office Scandal book by Nick Wallis after finishing the Mr Bates vs the Post Office show, and I feel Pratchettian rage at the injustices these subpostmasters are suffering. It's all too similar to the way Reacher Gilt sucked the life out of the semaphore, the sheer incompetence & life-ruining technical faults, how whole communities were affected, the audacity of the Post Office, treating people as things and thinking themselves infallible. Yes, OK, there's a lot of scandals & frauds with those hallmarks, and I shouldn't compare real life with fiction, but the fact it's also about the Post Office and the level of trust people had in that brand, and how that trust was flagrantly taken for granted... I just despair at how right Pratchett was.

Steal five dollars and you're a common thief. Steal thousands and you're either the government or a hero.

...

There was no safety. There was no pride. All there was, was money. Everything became money, and money became everything. Money treated us as if we were things, and we died.

#discworld #going postal #mr bates vs the post office #post office scandal #uk politics

[mackologists-r-us]

#post office scandal #mr bates vs the post office

[excelsjor]

MR BATES VS THE POST OFFICE: Episode 01 dir. James Strong, 2024

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[tarragonthedragon]

by the way, i cannot express with human words how strange it is to work on something, quietly chugging away in the background, for literal decades and then have a tv drama made about it and suddenly the entire nation is screaming for blood

#mr bates vs the post office #the power tv dramas have apparently

[brb-on-pluto]

Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024)

Directed by: James Strong

Written by: Gwyneth Hughes

Genre: Drama | Based on Real Events

Staring: Toby Jones | Julie Hesmondhalgh | Monica Dolan | Shaun Dooley | Ian Hart | Will Mellor | Lia Williams

Runtime: 200 Mins

Rating: 8.9/10

Watched: 01/01/2024 - 04/01/2024

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I have never been more angry at a woman, person or company as I am at Paula Vennels and The Post Office.

The amount of people who will never get justice from the lies and sentences pushed by the Post Office.

This happened during my lifetime, my 10th birthday being a date directly referenced in the series. And I had no clue this travesty of justice was happening.

Great acting by all in this series omg - so so good.

Toby Jones was incredible. All the actors were. The friendship between Alan and Jo was so well done.

Oh, and the events depicted are still ongoing - Justice for the SubPostmasters.

#Mr Bates vs The Post Office #TV Series #ITV #ITVX #James Strong #Gwyneth Hughes #Toby Jones #Julie Hesmondhalgh #Monica Dolan #Shaun Dooley #Ian Hart #Will Mellor #Lia Williams

[darkhorse-javert]

To everyone overseas who's going to be watching 'Mr Bates Versus The Post Office' - from a Brit who's seen it.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE TISSUES HANDY, before the start! You will cry- and you may also swear occasionally.

@paulinedorchester @kivrin (?)

#mr bates vs the post office #masterpiece pbs #enjoy it #it's brilliant #I hope you also get the 'Real Story' documentery they showed on ITV after the last episode #It was fab as well

[lymphomalass]

Do you believe the arts (visual, written, music, film and TV, etc) can change the world…?

I think I’m seeing it happen right in front of me… and it’s awe-inspiring!

I think the writers, producers, directors and actors of the ITV true drama “Mr Bates v The Post Office” are making just this happen as they provoke public outrage at a story all about balancing ledgers and financial systems… As a qualified accountant, I know this is an outstanding creative achievement!

Sometimes artists do try to change the society they live in. Pablo Picasso’s 1937 painting “Guernica” – which represents the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians - is one example. At about 16:30 on Monday, 26 April 1937, warplanes of the German Condor Legion, commanded by Colonel Wolfram von Richthofen, bombed Guernica for about two hours. On completion, Picasso’s response to the atrocity was displayed around the world in a brief tour, becoming famous and widely acclaimed. This tour helped bring the Spanish Civil War to the world's attention.

Many of the others I’ve looked at - bearing the description of “art that literally changed the world” - changed the arts rather than fundamentally benefitting large numbers of people’s lives, something that makes those involved in the “The Bates” program’s achievement all the greater. That team have called out in a compelling way a collapse of justice, and so a collapse of part of our society. They have changed the welfare and life chances of more than 700 sub-postmasters, convicted of theft after the faulty accounting system Horizon showed money was going missing around the UK.

I may be an idealist, but I believe visual artists can change the lives of other individuals, giving them images that are special to them, that can lift their spirits and give them comfort in difficult times. That’s what I aim to do.

In the UK, we’re nations who are good at the arts: taking a blank piece of paper, silence or an unknown character and injecting life into it. Our creativity is one way we’ve created wealth. Just think of Harry Potter…!

I believe great art finds a way to tell the deeper truths within its creativity. So maybe now it’s time for some of us to think bigger, like the “Mr Bates” team, to change society for the better with our art…

What do you think…?

Thanks!

Sam aka LymphomaLass xx

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[blogger360ncislarules]

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[craigminds]

#toby jones #Craigminds #post office #scandal #mr bates vs the post office #tv #apple tv #amazon #itvx

[nonedhudla]

Miniserie, vier Episoden in einem Rutsch; Menschen mit Rückgrat und Arsch in der Hose, welche Ungerechtigkeit Paroli bieten, dem Gegenwind trotzen und nicht einknicken, chapeau; hatte ich von gelesen, surreal, dass die Geschichte aus der Gegenwart stammt, gleichwohl absolut authentisch, genauso läuft's, genauso: Mr Bates vs The Post Office.

#Mr Bates vs The Post Office

[excelsjor]

MR BATES VS THE POST OFFICE: Episode 01 dir. James Strong, 2024

#mr bates vs the post office #tvedit #tvgifs #televisiongifs #tvarchive #tvfilmsource #cinematv #filmtv #dailyflicks #* #watched in 2024

[voxpeople]

In Short: Post Office Pledges Give Tories Lead in Polls by 100%

A recent poll shows that pledges made by the Conservative party and leader Rish! Sunak to ensure justice for those effected by the Post Office Horizon scandal now sees them with an unassailable lead of 100% over Labour.

This comes in stark contrast to their declining popularity and public outrage in the party after numerous scandals and shortcomings since being returned to office in 2019.

These numbers show newfound overwhelming public approval in the current government and the Conservatives now look to retain and even improve their majority in this year's general election.

#joke #satire #attempt at humor #humour #parody #topical humour #political satire #tories out #political humor #rishi sunak #post office #mr bates vs the post office #rishi sunak vows ‘fightback starts here’ as tories trail labour in polls #polls #british politics #political correctness #election polls #2024 elections #fujitsu #post office horizon scandal

[simnationlifebefore]

Not sims, but if you're UK based the people I work for made this TV drama, and it's taken the news cycle by storm. So if you haven't seen it you should watch it.

#non sims #mr bates vs the post office

[johnblenkinsopp]

Mr Bates

#mr bates vs the post office #oil painting

[helmstone]

Mr Bates vs the Post Office — the power of television

Mr Bates vs the Post Office — the power of television

ITV has singled out it’s success with Mr Bates vs the Post Office (as mention in the holiday figures recently) and why not — if you’re in the UK, the 25-year-old Post Office IT scandal has been a big topic of news. More importantly, this show has catalysed the government’s lack of pace on this issue and much has happened since New Year. It seems mundane to look at the viewing figures, but here we…

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