Sign language

Simulcast of network BBC Two in high definition.

BBC Two HD

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Inside the Post Office

BBC Two Scotland

BBC Two Northern Ireland

Until 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales (analogue) was known simply as BBC Two Wales. BBC Two Wales (digital) was BBC 2W. From 03/01/2009 BBC Two Wales schedules on both analogue and digital became identical

BBC Two Wales

BBC Two England

England

Tanya Stephan

David Hodgkinson

Blast! Films

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Inside the Post Office: Episode 2: Family Fortunes

Factual

Family Fortunes

Episode 2

Episode 2: Family Fortunes

BBC Two - Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Inside the Post Office, Family Fortunes

General manager Michael Larkin has a radical plan for the Post Office.

Documentary series. General manager Michael Larkin has a radical plan to turn the Post Office's fortunes around but it may be detrimental for smaller branches.

For nearly 400 years, the post office has been at the heart of our high streets, the centre of village life. But in recent years, keeping the doors of Britain's more than 11,000 post offices open has been costing the taxpayer millions, money the government has said it is no longer prepared to spend. Now general manager Michael Larkin has a radical plan to turn the Post Office's fortunes around - he wants to push into financial services and fill the gap left behind as the big banks close high street branches. But while his plan offers the hope of a brighter and more lucrative future for larger branches, under the new proposals smaller branches may find themselves offering fewer services, a fact that some postmasters are finding hard to swallow.

BBC Two

Knowledge, drama, comedy and the arts for a broad adult audience.

BBC Two is a lively channel of depth and substance, carrying a range of knowledge-building programming complemented by great drama, comedy and arts.

An eye-opening look inside the Post Office - an iconic institution reinventing itself.

An eye-opening look inside the Post Office - an iconic national institution undergoing the biggest shake-up in its nearly 400-year history as it battles to reinvent itself for the modern world.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Inside the Post Office

Episode 2: Family Fortunes

Contributors

Genres

Series

BBC Two HD

About BBC Two