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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)

>>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.

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

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

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

>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. 

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

Let's not blame the system. Let's blame the high-level coverup.

I saw the documentary some time back, which was fascinating.

Isn't there also a movie?