Mr Bates vs The Post Office

Mr Bates vs The Post Office sets an impossibly high bar before the subpostmasters find justice in the show's penultimate episode.

Mr Bates vs The Post Office starts widening its scope as the wheels of justice turn, and winning turns out to not look like much.

The much-anticipated Mr Bates vs the Post Office limited series has finally premiered on Masterpiece, plunging us into the heart of the British postal service scandal of the early aughts. 

Despite sounding like a twee English village comedy with ludicrously small stakes and a lot of homegrown British heart, Mr Bates vs The Post Office is about one of the most egregious and calamitous miscarriages of justice in the United Kingdom.
 

Here's a rundown of everything coming to PBS on streaming in April 2024, from Masterpiece's debut of Mr Bates vs the Post Office to the new Walter Presents.