Nadim Zahawi overacting as himself in Post Office drama

[Millbrook]

I'm not hearing much criticism of the judiciary. It was the judges that passed sentence.

The other thing about this is a jury would have been involved and if they find guilty then the judge will sentence accordingly.
There is a good example of a judges summing up in the Private Eye article.

https://www.private-eye.co.uk/pictures/special_reports/justice-lost-in-the-post.pdf

 

[equaliser]

but as I say I think the twee angle was intentional as they needed to show the innocence of the accused with no real ambiguity because it was really their story.

Yes, that's a fair point. And to be fair, much of the acting was spot on also, despite sometimes (in my amateur opinion) not being served the best lines.