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Do so. It’s equally compelling and sad. It doesn’t feel like there’s much poetic license being used. And it’s not like any of the bad guys are moaning either. Heads down more like because they know it’s accurate.
Wrongly jailed postmaster praises TV drama:
A wrongly jailed former sub-postmaster says a new TV drama about the Horizon Post Office scandal is important in getting the story to a wider audience.
Noel Thomas, 77, from Anglesey, was one of more than 700 convicted in the miscarriage of justice.
"I think it's going to bring it home for a lot of people," said the man sent to prison for false accounting in 2006, whose conviction was quashed in 2021.
ITV's Mr Bates vs The Post Office tells the tale of the lives that were ruined.
Responding to the programme the Post Office said it "sincerely apologises to the victims".
Mr Thomas, from Gaerwen, said the four-part series, which stars Detectorists actor Toby Jones, was hugely important in securing a bigger voice for victims.
"We've been a small unit of about 500 of us but it hasn't really got out there until now, and hopefully this programme will get to reach more viewers.
"It's been 18 years for me and it's been hell for a lot of people."...