Katherine Kelly, who played Angela van den Bogerd in the ITV drama about the Horizon IT scandal, is avoiding discussing the program to keep the focus on the victims. She declined press interviews to prevent her character from receiving more attention. While hundreds of convictions have been quashed and compensation is being provided to those affected, the Business and Trade Committee criticizes the slow pace of redress.
Katherine Kelly is reluctant to discuss Mr. Bates Vs. The Post Office over fears the spotlight could shine away from the victims. The 45-year-old former Coronation Street actress starred in the ITV award-winning drama about the Horizon IT scandal as the former business improvement director Angela van den Bogerd.
Now, Katherine has admitted to being hesitant to talk about the programme because she knows people will ask questions about playing Angela - and Katherine does not want to give her character 'any more airtime'. She told Metro newspaper: 'I wanted them to have the spotlight and I felt that it shouldn’t be on Angela anymore, so I’m going to stick with that really because I feel like that’s the right look... 'I actually said no to all press interviews because I didn’t want Angela van den Bogerd to have any more airtime than she’d already had, and I would inevitably be asked about her and playing her.' Following the programme hundreds of convictions were quashed compensation is being given to those affected. However, The Business and Trade Committee has claimed compensation for victims is still not being given 'fast enough'. Part of a House of Commons committee report by the Business and Trade Committee, which was published on New Year's Day reads: 'It has been one year since the premiere of the ITV Drama Mr Bates v The Post Office. 'The drama attracted widespread attention to the Post Office Horizon scandal and the unacceptable length of time involved in delivering redress to victims. 'Some improvements have been made to the redress schemes and they are now moving faster. But not fast enough. 'The most recent data published by the Government shows that just £499 million out of the £1.8 billion set aside for redress has been paid out to claimants. '72% of the total budget for redress has still not been paid. Worse still, the schemes are so poorly designed that the application process is akin to a second trial for victim
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