Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Real Story (2024)

Across Britain, Post Office workers found their accounts showing significant discrepancies, leading the Post Office to accuse them of theft and pursue criminal charges. Hundreds were convicted and imprisoned, devastating their lives, families, and reputations. The real cause of the discrepancies was errors within the Post Office's own computer system, Horizon – a fact the Post Office consistently denied for over two decades. Alan Bates, a former subpostmaster, has spent the last twenty years fighting for justice for all those wrongly accused by the company they dedicated their lives to. This is his story.