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Mr. Bates vs the Post Office [videorecording] / written by Gwyneth Hughes ; directed by James Strong.

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781531717124
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (240 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches.
  • Publisher: Arlington, VA : PBS, [2024]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"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.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. Episodes 1-2.
Disc 2. Episodes 3-4 -- The real story of Mr. Bates vs the Post Office documentary.
Participant or Performer Note:
Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Shaun Dooley, Ian Hart, Alex Jennings, Katherine Kelly, Will Mellor, Amit Shah, Krupa Pattani, Lia Williams.
Target Audience Note:
PG.
System Details Note:
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Audio track in English, captions in English.
Subject: Bates, Alan, 1954- > Fiction.
Judicial error > Fiction.
Post office buildings > England > Fiction.
Software failures > England > Fiction.
Postal service > England > Fiction.
Class actions (Civil procedure) > England > Fiction.
Postmasters > England > Fiction.
Genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Fiction television programs.
Biographical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Legal television programs.
Television programs.
Television mini-series.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Stroud Branch TV Miste 31681010374809 DVD Available -


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