I'm thrilled with show response, say TV drama writer

THE writer of Mr Bates vs The Post Office is completely astounded” by the ITV drama’s impact

- Robert Kellaway

Gwyneth Hughes, 69, who spent three years working on the four-part series, said her team were amazed and the postmasters are ecstatic”.

The show, which first aired on January 1, prompted a statement in Parliament on Monday.

And more than one million have signed a petition demanding former Post Office boss Paula Vennells be stripped of her CBE, which she has now handed back.

Gwyneth said: None of us expected this. I thought it was quite a niche story which would get respectable viewing figures but I was completely wrong.