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The ITV drama topped our annual Radio Times TV 100 list.

The British Post Office scandal, in which thousands of postmasters were erroneously accused of fraud, is the focus of a four-part docudrama that made waves in the U.K. and comes to the U.S. Sunday on PBS.

Premieres Sundays, April 7 – 28, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App. When money started to seemingly disappear from its local branches, the government-owned Post Office wrongly blamed their own managers for its apparent loss. For more than a decade, hundreds were accused of theft and fraud, and many were even sent to prison - leaving lives, marriages, and reputations in ruins. But the issue was actually caused by errors in the Post Office’s own computer system - something it denied for year...

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The former chief executive had been briefed about allegations concerning the existence of the remote unit at Fujitsus Bracknell headquarters in 2013.

The Commons Business and Trade Committee looks to take action against former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells for potentially misleading Parliament over the Horizon scandal.

During a taped meeting with investigators from Second Sight on July 2 2013, Ms Vennells was informed of the allegations that sub-postmaster branch accounts could be accessed remotely.

Former sub-postmaster and politicians say evidence uncovered by the BBC should prompt criminal inquiry.

The 52-year-old was forced to endure a  prison sentence in 2007 over an alleged shortfall of £59,000 from her Post Office in Hull .

The recordings revealed that the company and Fujitsu knew their faulty computer system could alter sub-postmasters accounts more than ten years ago, despite denying this for years.