Re: Selected programming for April 6-8, 2024

Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

Sat, 6 Apr 2024 17:36:38 -0400 Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>:

 

Mr Bates vs The Post Office      [new to US]    (9 pm, PBS)

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Alan Bates (Toby Jones) was one of the 700+ sub-postmasters who were
accused of stealing money from the British Post Office. In a 20-years
long fight, he and his allies seek to prove faulty software was the
real cause in this four-part miniseries from ITV.

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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/shows/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/

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https://www.metacritic.com/tv/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/     [score 80]

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27867155/    [rating 8.6]

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A very interesting true story about how the British Post Office's
computer system, Horizon, literally ruined the lives of many
postmasters by driving them into bankruptcy, prison, or even suicide in
a few cases while the Post Office management covered up the
disgracefully bad system. It has been called the worst miscarriage of
justice in Britain in 200 YEARS.

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If you like underdog stories like Erin Brockovich, you should enjoy Mr.
Bates vs. The Post Office.

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Let's not blame the system. Let's blame the high-level coverup.
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I saw the documentary some time back, which was fascinating.
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Isn't there also a movie?

I'm thinking of the movie about the guy who founded the community bank
in response to the RBS scandal, about the guy who arranged direct loans
between small individual investors and new small businesses. I don't
think that got a fictional television series.