Sir Alan's good turn for fellow victim of Post Office scandal

CAMPAIGNER TO REVEAL BIKE RESTORATION ON TV SHOW CAR S.O.S.

- By LAUREN DEL FABBRO, PRESS ASSOCIATION ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER

Townshend, Ian Davies and Tim Shaw with the restored Triumph Bonneville. Right, Sir Alan during the show, and below, after being knighted

(STEVE BONSER/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC/PA WIRE)

SIR Alan Bates will help reveal a bike restoration to a former subpostmaster and victim of the Post Office Horizon IT scandal in an episode of Car SOS.

Sir Alan is known for leading the campaign for victims who were wrongly prosecuted and convicted in the UK between 1999 and 2015 as a result of Horizon, with a significant number contemplating self-harm.

The former Llandudno subpostmaster will appear on the National Geographic series, fronted by Tim Shaw and Fuzz Townshend, in an episode that follows fellow former subpostmaster Ian Davies whose life was devastated by the scandal.