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Mr Bates vs The Post Office aired its final episode tonight as viewers took to social media to share their thoughts on the hit series

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office has left viewers across the nation gobsmacked with the harrowing story of sub-postmasters whose lives were destroyed by a faulty computer system. But who is Paula Vennells and what exactly was her involvement in the shocking scandal?

Tracy Felstead was just a teenager when she was wrongfully accused of stealing from her Post Office customers and was one of the scandal's victims who spent time in prison for a crime they didn't commit

Noel Thomas was sentenced to nine months in prison after being wrongly convicted in the Post Office IT scandal currently being highlighted in a new ITV drama - here he tells how it still affects him and his family to this day as their fight for justice continues

Soap star Will Mellor, who rose to fame as Gaz Wilkinson on Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps, is currently impressing fans with his role on Mr Bates vs The Post Office

ITV's four part drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office has documented the true story of Alan Bates as he took on a decades-long fight against the Post Office in one of Britain's greatest miscarriages of justice

Will Mellor has taken on his most harrowing role yet playing sub-postmaster Lee Castleton in ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office, which explores how his life, and hundreds of others, were destroyed by the Post Office scandal

Paula Vennells is the former head of the Post Office and was in charge when hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters were wrongfully convicted for theft, fraud and false accounting

After a faulty new computer system began flagging financial errors at Post Office branches, employees were wrongly convicted of fraud and theft, with some imprisoned and others left bankrupt

The true cost of the harrowing Post Office Scandal is immeasurable. While many were jailed or made bankrupt, four victims ended their lives after being wrongly accused, leaving their families in pieces

ITV's latest drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office has left viewers in complete shock. But at the heart of the scandal is Alan Bates - one of the victims who is now campaigning for justice

Angela van den Bogerd is a key character is ITV's latest drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office - who was slammed for 'misleading' a High Court judge when the scandal went to trial

Paula Vennells was the CEO of the Post Office when the harrowing scandal devastated the lives of hundreds of staff, while Angela van den Bogerd was a central figure at the court hearings

Former Cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi surprised viewers of ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office with an unexpected cameo appearance as himself in the mini-series

Paula Vennells was the woman in charge when hundreds of postmasters and mistresses lost their businesses, life savings and in some cases their freedom in the Post Office scandal

Actress Katherine Kelly stars in ITV drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which tells the real-life story of the Post Office scandal

Mr Bates Vs The Post Office real-life hero Alan Bates appeared on Wednesday's Lorraine to talk about the new hit ITV series, where he also shared the poignant reason he turned down the chance to be awarded an OBE

Postal Minister Kevin Hollinrake was grilled by Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, with ITV viewers quickly taking to social media to share their thoughts on the interview

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

Mr Bates vs The Post Office returned for a second episode tonight, as Mr Bates found several subpostmasters and mistresses who had experienced similar struggles with the company's computer system

As viewers remain gripped by the compelling ITV drama Mr Bates Vs The Post Office, we take a look at how determined campaigners managed to crack the case, in what was to be a true David and Goliath battle

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

Workers at the heart of the Post Office scandal featured on ITV's Mr Bates vs The Post Office have seen their lives deeply affected in the years since, from bankruptcy to imprisonment and justice still to be done