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Alan Bates is the man at the centre of ITV’s new miniseries Mr Bates vs The Post Office and played by British star Toby Jones

It comes after victims of the scandal still waiting for compensation accused the Government of dragging its heels - 24 years after their wrongful convictions for stealing

ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office - which stars Toby Jones as the real-life hero Alan Bates - follows the story of Mr Bates' decades-long fight against the Post Office

Alan, who won a Daily Mirror Pride of Britain award last year for his campaign, accused the Post Office of “arrogance and ignorance” in refusing to believe subpostmasters

The Post Office scandal has been turned into an ITV drama with actor Toby Jones playing North Wales postmaster Alan Bates, who led the charge against the establishment.

The real Alan Bates - being portrayed in ITV's Mr Bates vs The Post Office - has declared the former CEO of the Post Office Paula Vennells should be stripped of her CBE

Carol Vorderman has taken to social media to make her fans aware of the noble reason Post Office hero Alan Bates turned down the chance to be awarded an OBE from the British establishment

The shocking ITV drama series, Mr Bates vs The Post Office follows the true story of mysterious financial losses appearing in village post office tills that led to one of the UK's biggest miscarriage of justice

Already gripped by Mr Bates vs The Post Office, ITV viewers also learn of the injustice suffered by Jo Hamilton and how her life was ruined by the scandal as Monica Dolan brings her story to life

Toby Jones and Julie Hesmondhalgh star in ITV's Mr Bates vs the Post Office - a true story of the British Post Office scandal that saw scores of postmasters wrongly prosecuted

Viewers were left fuming just minutes into the start of new ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office as the series documents the true story of one of Britain's greatest miscarriages of justice

Alan Bates was angry as the person he and so many others blame for a wrongful prosecution scandal still retains her own honour

Colin Stagg, the man who was wrongly accused of ­murdering young mum Rachel Nickell has revealed he is living in a homeless ­shelter after blowing £706,000 in compensation. It's not the only high profile miscarriage of justice to rock the UK