{"id":42834,"date":"2024-01-01T23:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-01T22:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1948123"},"modified":"2024-01-02T00:02:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T23:02:42","slug":"what-happened-to-angela-van-den-bogerd-from-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/what-happened-to-angela-van-den-bogerd-from-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Angela van den Bogerd from Mr Bates vs The Post Office?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Katherine Kelly plays the real-life figure in ITV’s new four-part drama. <\/p>

By James Hibbs\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 01 January 2024 at 22:00 PM<\/p>

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New ITV drama Mr Bates vs The Post Office<\/a> features a stacked ensemble cast, including Toby Jones, Will Mellor<\/a>, Monica Dolan, Alex Jennings and many more, to tell the true story of the Post Office scandal.<\/p>\n

Also included in the cast is Katherine Kelly, who plays Angela van den Bogerd, a Post Office employee who becomes central in the later episodes of the drama.<\/p>\n

But who is the real figure behind the character of Van den Bogerd in the series, and what happened to her?<\/p>\n

Read on for everything you need to know about Angela van den Bogerd, as depicted in Mr Bates vs The Post Office<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Who is Angela van den Bogerd and what happened to her?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Katherine Kelly as Angela in Mr Bates vs The Post Office<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV\/ITV Studios<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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Angela van den Bogerd is a businesswoman who was a central figure at the hearings surrounding the Post Office scandal, due to her various roles at the organisation over 33 years.<\/p>\n

At one time, she was its head of partnerships<\/a>, before being appointed as the organisation\u2019s business improvement director in 2018.<\/p>\n

Van den Bogerd had reportedly been handling complaints about Horizon since 2010<\/a>, and had sat on a working group to deal with the scandal since 2014.<\/p>\n

The judge in court hearings, Rt Hon Justice Fraser, criticised the testimony Van den Bogerd gave<\/a> during said hearings, saying that she \u201cdid not give me frank evidence, and sought to obfuscate matters, and mislead me\u201d.<\/p>\n

She left her job with the Post Office in 2020, before being appointed later that year by the Football Association of Wales as its head of people.<\/p>\n

Her appointment to the role was controversial, and was cited as one of the reasons for a no confidence motion in the association\u2019s chief executive<\/a>, Jonathan Ford.<\/p>\n

After Ford departed the association, Van den Bogerd left her position there in March 2021, mere months after her appointment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

Who plays <\/strong>Angela van den Bogerd in Mr Bates vs The Post Office?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Katherine Kelly.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV\/ITV Studios<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Angela van den Bogerd is played by Katherine Kelly in Mr Bates vs The Post Office.<\/p>\n

Kelly has previously had roles in series including Mr Selfridge, Happy Valley<\/a>, The Night Manager<\/a>, Class<\/a>, Strike Back, Murdertown, Gentleman Jack, Criminal UK, Liar and The Long Shadow<\/a>, while she is perhaps still best-known for having played Becky in Coronation Street<\/a>.<\/p>