Articles about Mr Bates vs the Post Office
Honours even
Blue Lights, Mr Loverman, Baby Reindeer, Industry and Mr Bates vs The Post Office were all among the scripted winners at the BAFTA TV Awards 2025. DQ was backstage to hear from the winners on a night when the variety of British television was celebrated.
Script secrets
How are writers currently navigating the troubled British drama industry, and what were the unique storytelling methods used in making Baby Reindeer, One Day and Industry? The BAFTA-nominated writers of these shows take DQ inside their acclaimed works and explain why it’s still worth taking risks.
Series to Have Watched: 2024
DQ looks back over the past year of television to pick out the shows that were worth tuning in for, from a Post Office scandal and a Welsh crime drama to a stellar spy thriller and a stalker series that proved to be the surprise hit of the year.
DQ100 2024/25 – Part one
In the first part of the DQ100 2024/25, DQ picks out a range of shows to tune in for and the actors, directors and writers making them, as well as some of the trends and trailblazers worth catching up with.
Urgent delivery
ITV’s Mr Bates vs the Post Office dramatises one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in UK history – a scandal that criminalised hundreds of Post Office managers. Writer Gwyneth Hughes, director James Strong and star Toby Jones discuss the importance and difficulty of telling this true story.