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Surviving the Post Office

Actor Will Mellor travels across England to meet sub-postmasters trying to rebuild their lives after being accused of theft. Can they now start to recover?

Actor Will Mellor, star of the TV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, takes a journey across England to meet some of the real-life sub-postmasters whose lives have been torn apart by injustice. After being wrongly accused of theft, many of the victims lost not only their savings but also their livelihoods. As the country wakes up to the full scale of the scandal, Will finds out what’s happened to the people involved, as well as their families.

He discovers that many of them want to take back control of their lives. For some, facing the past proves a troubling experience, while for others it heralds a liberating new step forwards.

29 minutes

Last on

Fri 2 Aug 202403:30

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterWill Mellor
ProducerZack Adesina
ProducerJim Booth
ProducerAlan Haslam
ProducerHayley Hassall
Camera OperatorMatt Ford
EditorAnna Crossley
Series EditorGail Champion

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BBC Radio - The Post Office Scandal

BBC Radio - The Post Office Scandal

Stories from people wrongly accused of stealing money from post office branch accounts.