Peter Rhodes on noisy neighbours, dodgy computers and the power of TV drama

But first, the awesome power of telly. People who follow the news have known for years that a faulty computer system called Horizon wrongly convicted hundreds of Post Office staff of dishonesty. Some were forced to sign false confessions, some were jailed. The whole squalid, bullying episode was like something out of Stalin's Russia. Thankfully, it ended with wholesale acquittals and millions of pounds in compensation to postmasters.