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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Mr. Bates vs the post office / a Little Gem production ; directed by James Strong ; written by Gwyneth Hughes.

Publisher, Date:

Boston : WGBH PBS, [2024]

Description:

2 videodiscs (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

After a computer system upgrade, money started to seemingly disappear from British post office branches, and the managers were blamed -- accused of theft, fired, and many charged and sent to prison -- leaving lives, marriages, and reputations in ruins. When Alan Bates was fired, he refused to accept the blame, instead bringing together a group of other wrongly-accused sub-postmasters to form an alliance to fight one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: TV-MA. "This program includes material which may not be appropriate for younger viewers; viewer discretion is advised." -- container insert.

Subjects:

Post office buildings -- England -- Drama.

Judicial error -- Drama.

Class actions (Civil procedure) -- Drama.

Genre:

Feature films.

Fiction films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Strong, James (Television director), film director.

Richards, Clare (Director), film director.

Jones, Toby, 1966- actor, narrator.

Dolan, Monica, actor.

Hesmondhalgh, Julie, actor.

Hughes, Gwyneth, screenwriter.

Dooley, Shaun, actor.

Hart, Ian, 1964- actor.

Jennings, Alex, actor.

Kelly, Katherine, 1979- actor.

Mellor, Will, 1976- actor.

Shah, Amit, 1981- actor.

Pattani, Krupa, actor.

Williams, Lia, actor.

Little Gem (Firm) production company

ITV Studios, publisher.

WGBH Educational Foundation, broadcaster.

PBS Distribution (Firm), distributor.

Other Title:

Mister Bates versus the post office

Contained within (work) : Masterpiece theatre (Television program)

Container of (work) : Real story of Mr. Bates vs. the post office (Motion picture).

Notes:

Wide screen.

"Includes the documentary The Real Story of Mr Bates vs The Post Office!" directed by Clare Richards.

Director, James Strong.

Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Shaun Dooley, Ian Hart, Alex Jennings, Katherine Kelly, Will Mellor, Amit Shah, Krupa Pattani, Lia Williams.

Originally released as episodes of a television program in 2024.

DVD, wide screen, stereo, region 1.

English audio.

Title from disc surface.

English SDH.

Contents:

Disc 1: episodes 1 & 2 -- Disc 2: episodes 3 & 4 ; The Real Story of Mr Bates vs The Post Office.

ISBN:

9781531717124

1531717128

Publisher Number:

MS62403

Other Number:

1428415628

System Availability:

6

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

6

Control Number:

1054753

# Local items in:

6

# System items in:

6

Call Number:

DVD TV Mr. Bate