‘Mr Bates’ & ‘Dr Death’ Producers On The Power TV Drama Can Have: “A Purpose Bigger Than Just Entertaining” — Berlinale Series Market
deadline.comThe creators of Mr Bates Vs the Post Office and Dr Death, which are among the most meaningful TV dramas of recent years, have outlined the secrets behind their series.
During a panel session at the Berlinale Series Market chaired by Deadline, Mr Bates Vs the Post Office executive producer Patrick Spence outlined the weight his production team felt during the making of the ITV drama, which laid bare the story of the biggest legal injustice in British history.
He revealed the show’s 12 lead actors, who include Toby Jones as the real life campaigner Alan Bates, worked for “in some cases, a fifth of what they could normally get” because the story had affected them so deeply. “They did it because they were angry.
They had to buy in,” he added. The drama, from ITV Studios and Little Gem, told the story of how more than 800 sub postmasters, who ran post office branches for the service, were wrongly convicted of stealing money due to a faulty computer system.
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