It was challenging watching this series while the real life events are unfolding before your eyes. The actual story is shocking and awful; and this series aims to bring to life the struggle that hundreds of subpostmasters have endured trying to gain some compensation for the wrongful convictions levelled against them and the lives they have effectively lost.
The incompetence and corruption surrounding this case makes the viewer angry and the stories of the various lives shattered is incredibly sad. SO this is a great story that needed to be told and has indeed resulted in greater social and political awareness and hopefully (at the time of writing) justice for all those impacted.
That said, as a piece of drama this failed to work. The story had so much potential to really delve into lives of not only some of the subpostmasters affected but also those involved in the investigations and those responsible for it. For this to work, you really need to understand more about it and care more. For those not aware of the scandal, I wonder whether this series had any real impact at all.
Monica Dolan was the star of the show here, but there were too many characters to get to know in a short space of time. This would have been better with a more in-depth view of those responsible for the scandal - Post Office executives, Fujitsu - to give this a more rounded view. The plot seemed to jump about too much, the viewer had to make several assumptions; and the sub-par writing seems to be the standard for ITV dramas sadly.
All that said, it was great that this drama has raised the awareness of this largely hidden political scandal and hopefully justice will prevail.
The incompetence and corruption surrounding this case makes the viewer angry and the stories of the various lives shattered is incredibly sad. SO this is a great story that needed to be told and has indeed resulted in greater social and political awareness and hopefully (at the time of writing) justice for all those impacted.
That said, as a piece of drama this failed to work. The story had so much potential to really delve into lives of not only some of the subpostmasters affected but also those involved in the investigations and those responsible for it. For this to work, you really need to understand more about it and care more. For those not aware of the scandal, I wonder whether this series had any real impact at all.
Monica Dolan was the star of the show here, but there were too many characters to get to know in a short space of time. This would have been better with a more in-depth view of those responsible for the scandal - Post Office executives, Fujitsu - to give this a more rounded view. The plot seemed to jump about too much, the viewer had to make several assumptions; and the sub-par writing seems to be the standard for ITV dramas sadly.
All that said, it was great that this drama has raised the awareness of this largely hidden political scandal and hopefully justice will prevail.