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‘Mr Bates Vs The Post Office’ Has Sold To A Dozen Territories, ITV Execs Reveal
'Mr Bates Vs The Post Office' has been sold By ITV To 12 Territories, Carolyn McCall revealed today, including PBS Masterpiece
The show, which is the network’s biggest hit since Downton Abbey, has sold to PBS Masterpiece in the U.S., four BritBox Nordics territories, Benelux pubcaster NPO for Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, Australia’s Seven, New Zealand’s TVNZ, PCCW in Hong Kong and Virgin Media Ireland. Mr Bates generated front page headlines for weeks after premiere about the hundreds of sub-postmasters falsely accused of fraud and theft, and has instituted real change regarding compensation to help those left out of pocket. Rather than being hard to make, some of the UK’s top drama bosses recently told Deadline they are adapting their slates in part as a response to the success of Mr Bates.
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