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Will Mellor reveals he was just hours away from quitting acting when he landed role in Mr Bates vs The Post Office - after it was named as ITV's biggest new drama in a decade
The miniseries tells the story of a long-running campaign to expose the Horizon IT system scandal, in which hundreds of Post Office staff were wrongfully accused of theft and fraud.
The miniseries has become ITV's biggest new drama in over a decade, after telling the story of a long-running campaign to expose the Horizon IT system scandal, in which hundreds of Post Office staff were wrongfully accused of theft and fraud. 'Aside from it being a ratings hit, dramatising the story with such a high calibre of British actors has reignited the campaign for justice nearly 25 years on, for a group of ordinary people - and the entire nation is behind them.' The script for the show relies on public documents and emails written by Post Office employees, including Paula Vennells, who was the firm's CEO until 2019.
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