Nick Wallis is a British broadcaster and journalist, known for his extensive coverage of the

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Post Office scandal

Wallis has reported on the

since 2011, having become aware of it while presenting on

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. He made programmes on it for

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's ''

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'' and presented the ten-part

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series ''The Great Post Office Trial''. The radio series was named "Best News and Factual Radio Programme" in 2020 by the

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, and won two gold awards in the 2021

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Radio Awards. From 2018, having left the BBC, he started reporting the ''Bates & Others v Post Office Ltd'' trial on a dedicated blog, www.postofficetrial.com, having raised £9,000 through crowd-funding. He co-wrote ''

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''s 2020 report "Justice Lost in the Post". His book ''The Great Post Office Scandal'' was published in 2021. He acted as a consultant on the 2024 television series, ''

Mr Bates vs The Post Office ''Mr Bates vs The Post Office'' is a four-part British television drama series for ITV, written by Gwyneth Hughes, directed by James Strong and starring an ensemble cast led by Toby Jones. The series is a dramatisation of the British Post Of ...

''. He also runs his own website about the scandal.

Other work

Wallis covered the ''

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'' defamation trial. His book, ''Depp v Heard: The Unreal Story'', about the trials in both the UK and the US and his experiences reporting from court was published in May 2023. He reports on consumer affairs for BBC Television's ''

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'', and reported on

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s for an episode of their ''Inside Out South''.Were shared appreciation mortgages sold unfairly?
a BBC Inside Out South investigation by Nick Wallis, broadcast on BBC One on 8 September 2014 He has also worked as a freelance presenter for Channel 5's '' Caught on Camera''.

Personal life

Wallis is married; he and his wife have three children.

References

External links

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