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Evening Standard
Naomi Clarke

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office among shows shortlisted for TV Choice Awards

Toby Jones (Ian West/PA) - (PA Archive)

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office has been shortlisted for the TV Choice Awards after the ITV drama renewed attention to the subpostmasters who were wrongly prosecuted during the Horizon IT scandal.

More than 700 subpostmasters were prosecuted by the Post Office and given criminal convictions between 1999 and 2015, as Fujitsu’s faulty Horizon IT system made it appear as though money was missing at their branches.

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