Mr Bates vs. The Post Office
An ordinary village postmaster spearheads a decades-long crusade for justice after a massive corporate institution wrongfully accuses hundreds of innocent local operators of theft and fraud caused by a defective computer accounting system. The narrative centers on a quiet local branch manager who notices unexplained financial shortfalls appearing in his accounts. When he and numerous other operators across the country discover that a newly introduced computer system is registering massive, phantom deficits, the corporate parent organization aggressively denies any technical flaws. Insisting that the local managers are personally liable for the missing money, the institution subjects them to false accusations, brutal bankruptcy, public disgrace, and even wrongful imprisonment. Refusing to surrender to corporate arrogance, the primary protagonist unites the isolated victims into a collecti