Mr Bates vs The Post Office (Season 1)

Mr Bates vs The Post Office (2024) is a four-part ITV drama you can watch online on iFILM — the story of Alan Bates and hundreds of British sub-postmasters wrongly convicted of theft and fraud because of a flawed computer system called Horizon.

Toby Jones plays Bates, an ordinary man who spent decades fighting the Post Office through courts, delays, and outright denial. Alongside him: Julie Hesmondhalgh, Monica Dolan, and Ian Hart as other postmasters who lost jobs, savings, and years of their lives. The Post Office maintained the software was fine. It was not.

The series aired in January 2024 and hit a nerve so deep that Parliament fast-tracked new legislation to clear the wrongful convictions. Director James Strong keeps the tone understated — no courtroom theatrics, just the grinding weight of an institution covering its own failure. Stream Mr Bates vs The Post Office online on iFILM.