ITV‘s put up workplace drama that has led to an intense interval of reckoning for a number of establishments and pushed the problem to the entrance pages of UK newspapers for weeks has discovered a U.S. dwelling.
PBS Masterpiece has picked up Mr Bates vs The Submit Workplace, which can air in April.
Starring BAFTA-winners Toby Jones and Monica Dolan, the four-part present launched firstly of 2024 and dramatizes what’s now deemed one of many best miscarriages of justice in UK authorized historical past.
When cash began to seemingly disappear from its native branches, the government-owned Submit Workplace wrongly blamed their very own managers for its obvious loss. For greater than a decade, a whole bunch had been accused of theft and fraud, and lots of had been even despatched to jail – leaving lives, marriages, and reputations in ruins. However the concern was truly brought on by errors within the Submit Workplace’s personal laptop system – one thing it denied for years.
The put up workplace scandal has dominated UK newspapers and information web sites for weeks now and quite a few strides have been made within the drive for justice for the a whole bunch of put up workplace staff.
The present has overwhelmed Downton Abbey to develop into ITV’s greatest new drama launch in additional than a decade and is averaging 13.1M viewers per episode – a uncommon feat for a British collection to beat the 10M mark.
“Our ambition in telling this story was merely that the Subpostmasters felt heard,” stated EP Patrick Spence, who produced for ITV Studios alongside Little Gem.
Susanne Simpson, Masterpiece EP, added: “Mr Bates vs The Submit Workplace is a testomony to the individuals who persevered of their seek for reality and justice. The producers of this highly effective drama have reignited the general public curiosity within the Subpostmasters’ 20-year quest for justice. I’m extremely proud that we’ll convey this story to the American viewers.”
The U.S. acquisition comes a couple of weeks after ITV drama boss Polly Hill stated British tales like Mr Bates have gotten “more and more onerous” to fund as a consequence of super-inflation within the drama market and the necessity to entice co-production funding.
