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Season finale May 19 http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/04/08/cbs-announces-season-finale-airdates-for-2023-2024-141112/20240408cbs01/

Season finale May 17 http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/04/08/cbs-announces-season-finale-airdates-for-2023-2024-141112/20240408cbs01/

Season finale May 16 http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/04/08/cbs-announces-season-finale-airdates-for-2023-2024-141112/20240408cbs01/

Series finale May 6 http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/04/08/cbs-announces-season-finale-airdates-for-2023-2024-141112/20240408cbs01/

Season finale May 6 http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/04/08/cbs-announces-season-finale-airdates-for-2023-2024-141112/20240408cbs01/

CBS has confirmed May 2 for the season finale http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/04/08/cbs-announces-season-finale-airdates-for-2023-2024-141112/20240408cbs01/

From what I’ve read on another board, this scandal had been going on for at least a decade with accused people trying to get justice, a lot of investigative reporting going on and government ministers ignoring the problem and then a TV series about it is a big hit and then people in government have a fire lit under their butts to do something about it

BBC article from 2022 about the govt inquiry that was started up to look at the scandal https://www.bbc.com/news/business-60374182 Private Eye report, date uncertain https://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/special_reports/justice-lost-in-the-post.pdf The Guardian, 2 years ago https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/15/post-office-scandal-workers-computer-system

Sometimes though, you have to take the risk to buck authority, especially when there have been previous incidents, like with the Challenger disaster I’m old enough to remember this happening. First clue I had of course was when the shuttle was returning and the news was reporting NASA had lost contact with the ship. Such a tragedy, though who knows if the ship could have been saved or if a rescue mission was possible

Time is a BBC series that dramatizes stories about people in prison. It was initially a one season story but it has been turned into an anthology with its second season. It’s unknown if there will be more seasons. Both seasons are now on Britbox US Season 1, with 3 episodes, starred Sean Bean and Stephen Graham that was a personal story about Bean and Graham’s characters. It was created and written by Jimmy McGovern Season 2, with 3 episodes, starred Jodie Whittaker, Tamara Lawrance and Bella Ramsey that was a story about women at a women’s prison. It was co-written by McGovern and Helen Black

MaryLand is a 3 part British series from ITV. It will premiere on PBS Masterpiece on Sunday, May 5 at 9pm EDT. The series stars Suranne Jones and follows two estranged sisters who reunite to unearth the truth about their mother’s sudden death and her double life on the Isle of Man.

I copied this from the General Discussion thread: I was software developer before I retired 5 years ago, so I know software has bugs that don’t get found and fixed before it gets released; I and teams I was on certainly wrote programs that had bugs that went out in releases that the customers had to deal with before I or we fixed it. Fujitsu and the Post Office really screwed the pooch on this denying the software had any bugs with all the issues subpostmasters were having. Even worse, the Post Office claimed to each person they accused that they were the only one having issues. That’s pretty horrifying

Personally I think that would be better. Since I started the sub forum, I think it’s better to go that way, so I’ll create the threads

The real story behind the series and what happened then and what’s going on now. Feel free to ask questions on who, what, where and feel free to answer on what you know and post articles. Yes, this is a true story that’s been going on for a decade or more and it’s very frustrating in so many ways Be aware there will be spoilers for what’s happening in the show. Article that provides background info https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/mr-bates-vs-the-post-office-gwyneth-hughes-true-story-pbs-1235958210/

Premieres Sunday April 14 at 9pm EDT Synopsis: Alan Bates and the Subpostmasters begin their fight for the truth and justice with new allies in Parliament. But first, they must convince an independent investigator of their honesty

First episode. Premieres Sunday, April 7 at 9pm EDT We are introduced to the various characters, who are subpostmasters and are accused of shortfalls in the money from the running of their Post Office branch

Be aware, unless people are against it, we will be discussing the real life case and real events here that the series is based on I was software developer before I retired 5 years ago, so I know software has bugs that don’t get found and fixed before it gets released; I and teams I was on certainly wrote programs that had bugs that went out in releases that the customers had to deal with before I or we fixed it. Fujitsu and the Post Office really screwed the pooch on this denying the software had any bugs with all the issues subpostmasters were having. Even worse, the Post Office claimed to each person they accused that they were the only one having issues. That’s pretty horrifying

But maybe that is a sign he would make a great businessman! Or maybe a robber baron

The Futon Critic is saying the season finale is May 2. Only 10 episodes this strike-shortened season sadly http://thefutoncritic.com/listings/2024/05/02/premieres/

The promo for it looks really funny and fun