• Hit shows such as Mr Bates could bring a dramatic improvement in ITV’s fortunes

    Hit shows such as Mr Bates could bring a dramatic improvement in ITV’s fortunes
    With results due this week in a sinking ad market, the show was a timely reminder of what broadcast TV can doWhen Alan Bates took his campaign for justice to Westminster again last week, it would not just have been the hundreds of post office operators he represents who would have been pleased by his persistence. Carolyn McCall, chief executive of ITV, will doubtless be delighted at the wide-ranging political impact of the broadcaster’s hit drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office, which ignited

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