DRAMA OUT OF CRISIS I wrote ITV's Post Office drama - innocent staff were bullied & shamed
IT’S New Year’s Eve. The night before our drama about the Post Office scandal is due to start on ITV. I’m in my pyjamas, too tired to party, feeling anxious. What if the sub-postmasters who trusted us with their tragic stories don’t like the way we’ve told them?
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