Mr Bates vs. The Post Office
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S1 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 |
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About
"Ordinary people versus an institution that lied"
A four-part drama dramatizing the real-life scandal in which faulty Post Office accounting software led hundreds of innocent subpostmasters to be prosecuted, bankrupted, and even jailed. The show follows Alan Bates, an ordinary man who spends years building a campaign to expose the truth and clear his colleagues' names. It's quietly furious rather than flashy, built on slow-burn institutional stonewalling and everyday people fighting a faceless bureaucracy. Toby Jones anchors it with understated determination. It moves briskly for the subject matter, and its power comes from restraint rather than melodrama, letting the injustice speak for itself.
the true story of ordinary people exposing a decades-long institutional cover-up.
you want fast-paced entertainment rather than a measured, angry account of bureaucratic injustice.
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All Seasons
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Episode #1.1 | 8.3 | 696 | 46 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Episode #1.2 | 8.4 | 636 | 46 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | Episode #1.3 | 8.5 | 621 | 46 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Episode #1.4 | 8.6 | 582 | 50 min |