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Subject: Re: Selected programming for April 6-8, 2024
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 08:22:59 -0700
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On 4/7/2024 7:47 AM, Rhino wrote:
> On Sun, 7 Apr 2024 03:27:13 -0000 (UTC)
> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
>>
> Actually, the computer system was truly dreadful. I've been researching
> it and, of the people that designed it, only 1 or 2 were actual capable
> and competent and the rest ranged between borderline and awful.
> Computer Weekly has dozens of articles on the subject from the past 20
> odd years that this scandal has been happening. I don't know how
> comprehensible they would be to you without a computer background but
> they stagger my imagination.
> 
>> I saw the documentary some time back, which was fascinating.
>>
>> Isn't there also a movie?
> 
> How long was this documentary that you saw? Mr. Bates vs The Post
> Office has 4 hour long parts (45 minutes each minus the commercials).
> Is that what you saw? If not, then I think Mr. Bates *is* the movie
> you're talking about. (I assume the documentary featured interviews
> with the actual participants in the events but Mr. Bates is essentially
> a re-enactment of the events with actors in place of the real
> participants, just as the Erin Brockovich movie was.)
> 
I saw this miniseries too. Didn't think I'd like it, but I did.