Mr Bates vs The Post Office is ITV’s biggest new drama in over a decade, even beating the launch of Downton Abbey in 2010. The series has now averaged 9.8m viewers across its four episodes in the UK, including 7-day viewing across all devices with the launch currently averaging 10.9m after ten days of catch up. The series, including the accompanying documentary, has had 16.6m streams so far on ITVX.
This criticially acclaimed drama has also had a stunning effect on British politics in early 2024, with the show discussed widely in parliament and on news broadcasts and the British government acting quickly to legislate in order to alleviate the worst cast of a miscarriage of justice in UK history. The former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells felt compelled to hand back her CBE award too.
