Having waited almost two decades for the opportunity, the real-life campaigner from the Post Office scandal set out the case against the business that ruined the lives of so many.
In Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, the ITV drama that introduced the scandalous treatment of sub-postmasters to a mass audience, Toby Jones portrayed its eponymous hero as stubborn, acerbic and indefatigable. Appearing at the public inquiry that would not be happening without him, the real-life Alan Bates was all these and more.
Read more:Post Office 'agrees' to submit report on CEO's behaviour to MPsSunak declines to back under fire Post Office boss ReadA Post Office TV drama sequel without the need for actors 'Once I started my individual little campaign we found others along the way and eventually we all joined up, and so the JFSA was born.
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