Before we head into some of the “geekier” categories, we come to the Best Limited Series of the last 12 months. These include drama which (at the time of the Awards launch) only planned to have one season of the drama… I’m looking at you ‘The Day Of The Jackal‘… There were some outstanding one-off dramas this year, covering everything from witches to post offices, to war and ska music. Here is what you voted for.
Best Limited Series
Nominees: Agatha All Along – Disney+, Baby Reindeer – Netflix, Day of the Jackal – Sky Atlantic, Fool Me Once – Netflix, Joan – ITV, Masters Of The Air – Apple TV+, Mr Bates vs The Post Office – ITV, One Day – Netflix, The Penguin – Sky Atlantic, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live – Sky, This Town – BBC iPlayer
Bronze (Tied): Agatha All Along – Disney+ & Day of the Jackal – Sky Atlantic
Silver: Baby Reindeer – Netflix
Gold Winner: Mr Bates vs The Post Office – ITV
I don’t think the winner this year will be a great surprise to anyone in the UK. ‘Mr Bates vs The Post Office’ was an outstanding drama which followed one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. It went on to spark a national debate over the real-life events, even forcing the UK government to act within days of the broadcast.
With a cast led by Toby Jones, when money started to seemingly disappear from its local branches, the Post Office wrongly blamed its own managers for its apparent loss. For more than a decade, hundreds were accused of theft and fraud, and many were even sent to prison – leaving lives, marriages, and reputations in ruins. But the issue was actually caused by errors in the Post Office’s own computer system – something it denied for years. Revealing a shocking David vs. Goliath fight for justice, this is the story of the decent ordinary people who were relentlessly pursued, coerced and controlled by a powerful corporation, and their ongoing battle, against seemingly insurmountable odds, to right so many horrific wrongs.
