Mr Bates v The Post Office has won a slew of prizes at the National Television Awards, while Strictly Come Dancing was also a winner – despite allegations of bullying.

The ITV drama which spotlighted the Post Office scandal – where subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted over failings with Horizon IT system – picked up three awards on Wednesday night.

Toby Jones, who played former subpostmaster Sir Alan Bates, won best drama performance, while the show won best new drama.

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