Mr Bates vs. The Post Office Writer Says Justice Still Isn't Served As Show Wins At TV Baftas

Toby Jones, Patrick Spence, Natasha Bondy, James Strong, Gwyneth Hughes, Chris Clough and Monica Dolan celebrating Mr Bates vs. The Post Office's Bafta winThe team behind the award-winning drama Mr Bates vs. The Post Office have said that justice has still not been served for the real-life figures depicted in the show.On Sunday night, the ITV miniseries – which explored the infamous Post Office scandal – picked up the award for Best Limited Drama at the TV Baftas, beating stiff competition from Netflix’s Baby Reindeer and One Day, as well as the BBC’s Lost Boys And Fairies.Speaking after the show’s win, writer Gwyneth Hughes said the fight for justice following the scandal was “not over yet”, and that hopefully the Bafta win could help rejuvenate the conversation.“It’s a complicated situation,” she explained (via PA). “There are several different compensation schemes going on. They’re all mired in different parts of the government. Nobody seems to know what’s happening.“Our main characters have not been paid. They haven’t got their compensation. It’s been going for 25 years.”Toby Jones in Mr Bates vs. The Post OfficeShe added: “If we’re on front pages tomorrow waving our very heavy statuettes, then that’s bound to get it back in people’s consciousness and get people to make an effort.”As well as its Best Limited Drama win, Mr Bates vs. The Post Office also incited a Special Award win for ITV, for commissioning the show in the first instance.Director Kevin Lygo said on stage: “[Mr Bates vs. The Post Office has] been successful in every way, except one, which is that [the real people involved] still, many of them, have not got their compensation.“So I say to anybody who’s in charge of sorting out the compensation, will you hurry up and pay these people what they do?”Going into this year’s TV Baftas, both Mr Bates vs. The Post Office and Baby Reindeer were leading the way with six nominations each.In the end, though, it was the BBC’s adaptation of Bernadine Evaristo’s novel Mr Loverman that became the most-awarded show of the night, picking up two prizes thanks to Lennie James and Ariyon Bakare’s performances.Check out the full list of winners from the 2025 TV Baftas here.READ MORE:Post Office Horizon Scandal: Key Facts And Details, ExplainedThese Are All The A-List Photos You Need To See From This Year's TV Baftas Red CarpetThis Is What Danny Dyer Actually Said In His Heavily-Censored TV Baftas Speech

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