tonight, we speak live to the real alan bates, the man who dedicated years to bringing the post office scandal to light, and to the woman whose dramatisation for the small screen got a very big reaction. and to gwyneth hughes, the woman whose dramatisation for the small screen has had a very big reaction. wrongful convictions, more than 700 of them prison sentences, reputations trashed, bankruptcy, and now new cases. the post office scandal is only deepening. as we go on air, the petition to strip the former post office boss paula vennells of her cbe is well over a million and the prime minister has said he would support a review of it. it doesn t help the hundreds upon hundreds whose lives were all but destroyed and, in some cases, actually destroyed who will pay their compensation and when? we speak to the subpostmaster at the heart of itv s drama and the writer who s reignited an issue that had slipped from the public consciousness. and we ll be joined by the former
in their life over zoom for dip as soon as the covid restriction is lifted, i got in the car and drove around to north wales to see alan at the hampshire to seejo hamilton and all the other people who appear and were generous enough to give their stories to our drama, eight stories, only eight of all the hundreds of people whose lives have been ruined by this. people whose lives have been ruined b this. ~ , ., people whose lives have been ruined b this. ~ y., , .,, by this. when you met the people, and have your by this. when you met the people, and have your own by this. when you met the people, and have your own conversations, | and have your own conversations, what do you make of the stories and what do you make of the stories and what had happened to them? by, liat what do you make of the stories and what had happened to them? a lot of the time they what had happened to them? a lot of the time they were what had happened to them? a lot of the time they were just the time