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7
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Critic Reviews
Apr 8, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The sweet-faced Jones — if you loved him in “Detectorists” you should love him here, in a part not a million miles away — stars as Alan, the quietly stubborn leader of the resistance, and the hub that connects the series’ several stories. .... Above all, “Mr. Bates vs The Post Office” is an indictment of bureaucratic arrogance and the familiar reluctance of institutions to admit, and when admitted, to rectify, mistakes.
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Apr 5, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The hero here, as one can assume from the title, is Alan Bates, played by a wonderfully measured Toby Jones. .... Righteous indignation is the central mission of "Mr. Bates vs. the Post Office," and one can become anxious despising characters as much as one will during this four-part procedural.
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The TelegraphMar 25, 2024
Season 1 Review:
Jones, all cheer and steel, is simply perfect as the little man who proves undefeatable. Indeed, the many familiar faces all feel ideally cast, from Monica Dolan as Jo Hamilton, whose plain-as-a-pikestaff decency was weaponised against her, to Lia Williams as Post Office Ltd’s Paula Vennells.
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The GuardianMar 25, 2024
Season 1 Review:
The Post Office scandal has been so long-running that it can feel as if the staggering injustice at the heart of it all has been lost in the dense forest of the details. This makes it human again, and simplifies the case for outrage that this was done to so many innocent people.
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