How a TV drama threw a spotlight on U.K. post office scandal

Days after TV series Mr Bates vs The Post Office aired in the U.K., outrage over hundreds of postmasters being wrongfully convicted of theft and fraud due to IT problems led the British prime minister to promise exonerations. CBC’s Margaret Evans breaks down the scandal and the plight of the post office managers caught up in it.

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