3 x 1 hour

From the award-winning team at Lightbox, behind Man on Wire and Searching for Sugarman, Murder at the Post Office unwraps the story of a brutal murder in a bucolic Yorkshire village and a 14-year battle for answers, told through forensic storytelling, exclusive interviews and a careful re-examination of evidence.

In 2010, Yorkshire postmistress Diana Garbutt was found dead in the post office she ran with her husband, Robin. What initially appeared to be a brutal robbery quickly became a murder investigation focused on Robin himself. Prosecutors alleged he killed his wife after she confronted him about £16,000 missing from the safe. Convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, Robin has always maintained his innocence and has appealed three times.

As revelations come to light around the possible innocence of Robin Garbutt, the series unpacks how the same Post Office IT system at the heart of Britain’s biggest miscarriage of justice has also become central to Robin’s defense. Was Robin another victim of institutional failure, or did he exploit a national scandal to conceal a murder?