Toby Jones’s portrayal of Sir Alan earned him the National Television Award for best drama performance.
The actor said afterwards that the success was “a great opportunity to renew the pressure on the government”.
He said: “We’re still waiting for the government to make a commitment to pay the compensation before the end of the year.
“I’m sure one of the reasons that the show had been so popular is because there’s popular will that that should happen sooner rather than later.”
The ITV drama led to a public outcry about the treatment of hundreds of workers who were wrongly convicted and accused of theft, fraud and false accounting because of a faulty Post Office accounting system.
According to government figures, 253 compensation offers have been made to the 555-strong group, 207 of which have been accepted.
The government spokesman said more than £289m had so far been paid to more than 2,800 people across four compensation schemes that are in place. Most of those were not convicted or part of the group court action.
On Monday, the government also announced a new independent appeals process for those who were not convicted but handed over their own money to make up shortfalls caused by the Horizon system.
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