Toby Jones leads the show’s cast as Alan Bates, a real-life subpostmaster who played an important role in bringing the scandal to light, while the likes of Monica Dolan and Will Mellor play some of the other subpostmasters who were affected.
The characters features in the drama also include a number of real-life former Post Office employees, including Paula Vennells and Angela van den Bogerd, with the latter becoming central in the drama’s later episodes.
So, who is the real figure behind the character of Van den Bogerd in the series, what happened to her and who plays her? Read on for everything you need to know about Angela van den Bogerd, as depicted in Mr Bates vs The Post Office.
Who is Angela van den Bogerd?
Angela van den Bogerd is a businesswoman who was a central figure at the hearings surrounding the Post Office scandal, due to her various roles at the organisation over 33 years.
At one time, she was its head of partnerships, before being appointed as the organisation’s business improvement director in 2018.
Van den Bogerd had reportedly been handling complaints about Horizon since 2010, and had sat on a working group to deal with the scandal since 2014.
The judge in court hearings, Rt Hon Justice Fraser, criticised the testimony Van den Bogerd gave during said hearings, saying that she “did not give me frank evidence, and sought to obfuscate matters, and mislead me”.
What is Angela van den Bogerd doing now?
Van den Bogerd left her job with the Post Office in 2020, before being appointed later that year by the Football Association of Wales as its head of people.
Her appointment to the role was controversial, and was cited as one of the reasons for a no confidence motion in the association’s chief executive, Jonathan Ford.
After Ford departed the association, Van den Bogerd left her position there in March 2021, mere months after her appointment.
Who plays Angela van den Bogerd in Mr Bates vs The Post Office?
Angela van den Bogerd is played by Katherine Kelly in Mr Bates vs The Post Office.
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