Based on a true story that shocked a nation, this powerful four-part factual drama, from BAFTA winning writer and executive producer Jeff Pope (Appropriate Adult, The Widower), centres on the devastating impact on a city of an innocent child's murder amid a wave of gang violence. In August 2007, while walking home from football practice in his England kit, 11-year-old Rhys Jones was unwittingly caught in the crossfire of a gang war. Shot in the neck outside the Fir Tree pub in Liverpool's Croxteth, he died in his mother's arms. Made with the support of Rhys's parents,... Melanie and Steve, Little Boy Blue explores their ordeal and looks at the agonising dilemmas of witnesses faced with becoming pariahs for speaking up. It tells the story of the long and extensive investigation, led by Merseyside Police SIO David Kelly, that eventually brought Rhys's murderer and his associates to justice. [show more]
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Four-part ITV drama about the real-life murder of eleven-year-old Rhys Jones (Sonny Beyga) in the Croxteth area of Liverpool in 2007. After the youngster is shot dead on his way home from football practice, a massive police investigation to bring the perpetrator to justice begins. Led by Detective Superintendent Dave Kelly (Stephen Graham), the police initially believe the killer may have been a local, teenage gang member and an early tip-off from the public, naming Sean Mercer (Paddy Rowan) and two of his fellow gang members, confirms their suspicions but they are unable to charge him due to a lack of evidence. However, as Rhys's family prepare for his funeral, the police begin to close in on Mercer and his accomplices.
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