Artificial intelligence is nosing its way into every aspect of our lives, perhaps nowhere more significantly than in the workplace. As with the internet and social media before it, every industry from automobiles to wellness are falling over themselves to make the most of the available tools, especially since ChatGPT and Open AI came onto the scene at the end of 2022.

With an endless stream of products and new use “opportunities” making their way into the public realm, the boardroom urgency to adopt “the next best thing” has not quelled concerns about “hallucinations” and “deepfakes” – the invention of sources and statistics – or the use of AI by nefarious actors. The ill-thought-through adoption of technology has long been hypothesised into many a dystopian scenario, but away from the drama of grand narratives about the future of humanity is the everyday impact that results from our (increasingly) implicit trust in tech and computer power.

Set against this backdrop of technology's increasing sway over our lives comes Mr Bates vs the Post Office, ITV's drama about the Post Office scandal that saw over 700 sub-postmasters wrongfully convicted by their employer. Over nearly 17 years, Post Office employees were accused of theft, false accounting and fraud due to a faulty accounting system adopted by the organisation in 1999.