The public’s response to ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office has been “astonishing”, the show’s writer Gwyneth Hughes has said.
The four-part drama has catapulted the scandal into the spotlight of the public and led to the Prime Minister introducing a new law to exonerate hundreds of Post Office branch managers caught up in the Horizon IT scandal,
Ms Hughes said: “We were really surprised how successful it’s been, just astonished. We weren’t expecting this level of impact.”
Appearing on ITV’s Lorraine show on Wednesday (10 January), she added: “It’s reached millions of people’s hearts.”
