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“The Whole Country Is Angry Now”: How ITV’s Post Office Drama “Tapped Into” Frustrations With The “Politics Of The Moment” & Gripped The UK
EXCLUSIVE: With the almost impossible-to-believe Post Office scandal bedecking the front of every national newspaper this week, the writer of the ITV smash drama about the saga has said it “t…
EXCLUSIVE: With the almost impossible-to-believe Post Office scandal bedecking the front of every national newspaper this week, the writer of the ITV smash drama about the saga has said it “tapped into” frustrations with the “politics of the moment.” Gwyneth Hughes, who penned the Toby Jones-starring four-parter, said the team has been “blown away” and “completely surprised” by the cut-through and media attention generated by Mr Bates vs The Post Office, as she detailed the legal quagmire and years of gaining people’s trust they went through to get the show from inception to screen. As a response to the ITV drama, which starred BAFTA-winners Jones and Monica Dolan, and The Crown’s Alex Jennings, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak went as far as calling for former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells to be stripped of her CBE, a happening that is given airtime in one of the episodes of the show.
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