An inquiry took place last year with the likes of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak interviewed.
Moffat was working on the show prior to the launch ofMr Bates.
Im ashamed to say that when I started researching this story I knew next to nothing about it.

Demonstrators hold placards reading message related to the NHS infected blood scandal as Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is questioned by the infected Blood Inquiry, in London, on July 26, 2023. About 2,900 people died in the UK after they were given contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 80s.JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images
Im even more ashamed that this ignorance is shared by nearly everyone I mention it to.
It is ITVs most-watched series sinceDownton Abbey.
Moffat won two BAFTAs for 2009sCriminal Justice.

He iscurrently penninga TV adaptation of Jonathan Freedlands bookThe Escape Artist.