The documentary and podcast, both called Surviving the Post Office, will see Mellor travelling to East Yorkshire to meet Castleton, as well as County Durham to meet former Post Office clerk Stephanie Gibson, hearing their stories and how they want to take back control of their lives.<\/p>\n
He will then also travel to Lincolnshire, West Sussex and Cornwall to meet three more subpostmasters, exploring their financial losses but also how they are coping with their emotions, trying to move on and finding support in unexpected ways.<\/p>\n
Mellor said in a statement: \u201cI feel a real affinity with these families, so it was a privilege to hear their stories for this documentary and podcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat shocked me most after meeting so many subpostmasters is just how far the impact and trauma has spread \u2013 the effect it\u2019s had on people\u2019s health, their children, and their whole communities has been massive.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\n<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n<\/div>Castleton tells Mellor in Surviving the Post Office: \u201cI do have an anger at what happened, but I don\u2019t want to suffer for the rest of my life. I want to live a bit more and enjoy my life and the kids deserve to have their dad back fully.\u201d<\/p>\n
The documentary will air tonight, Monday 22nd July, at 8:30pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer, while the podcast series is already available to listen to on BBC Sounds.<\/p>\n
Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n Surviving the Post Office isn\u2019t the only documentary about the scandal on the way following the ITV drama\u2019s release.<\/p>\n Later this year, ITV\u2019s Mr Bates vs The Post Office: The Impact<\/a> will reveal the effect the four-part series has had on the lives of the subpostmasters it featured, and provide an insight into their ongoing struggle for justice and financial redress.<\/p>\n Producer of Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Patrick Spence, previously told RadioTimes.com<\/a> that while he couldn\u2019t imagine a sequel drama<\/a> being made, he did think there was \u201can amazing documentary that could be made about this whole story and what\u2019s happened since\u201d.<\/p> Surviving the Post Office will air at 8:30pm on Monday 22nd July on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. <\/strong>Mr Bates vs The Post Office is available to watch on ITVX.<\/strong><\/p>\n Check out more of our\u00a0Documentaries<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what\u2019s on.\u00a0<\/strong>For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0The Radio Times<\/a>\u00a0Podcast<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n Mellor will meet the real-life Lee Castleton, who he played in Mr Bates vs the Post Office, in a new BBC documentary and podcast series. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":55068,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/mr-bates-star-will-mellor-meets-real-life-victims-in-surviving-the-post-office.jpg",1620,1080,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/mr-bates-star-will-mellor-meets-real-life-victims-in-surviving-the-post-office-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/mr-bates-star-will-mellor-meets-real-life-victims-in-surviving-the-post-office-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/mr-bates-star-will-mellor-meets-real-life-victims-in-surviving-the-post-office-768x512.jpg",768,512,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/mr-bates-star-will-mellor-meets-real-life-victims-in-surviving-the-post-office-1024x683.jpg",800,534,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/mr-bates-star-will-mellor-meets-real-life-victims-in-surviving-the-post-office-1536x1024.jpg",1536,1024,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/07\/mr-bates-star-will-mellor-meets-real-life-victims-in-surviving-the-post-office.jpg",1620,1080,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Mellor will meet the real-life Lee Castleton, who he played in Mr Bates vs the Post Office, in a new BBC documentary and podcast series.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/55067"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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