ITV Drama Highlights Major Post Office Scandal

ITV's drama 'Mr Bates vs the Post Office' has aired, highlighting the scandal where numerous sub-postmasters were wrongly accused of theft, fraud, and false accounting because of a faulty IT system. The series, labelled as the 'worst miscarriage of justice ever' in the UK, features the stories of affected individuals like Jo Hamilton and Lee Castleton, and follows the justice campaign led by Alan Bates, played by Toby Jones. Julie Hesmondhalgh plays Bates' wife Suzanne, while Monica Dolan, Shaun Dooley and Nadhim Zahawi also feature in the cast. The drama aims to expose the failings of the Post Office, a public trust institution, and the unjust treatment of the sub-postmasters.