Was about a kid who committed murder when he was 10/11 and was then released with a different identity in a new location.
Based on the James Bulger case I assume.
Not often I can sit through 2 hours of Channel 4 drama but it was excellent. Although in the end you did sort of feel sorry for the lad a bit even though he did what he did in the past, not sure if that was the intention.
I wonder if Venables and the other one (cant remember names) watched it?
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thompson was the other kid's name. did you learn about the original identity at all of Boy A. was it a high profile case?
A must watch if it gets repeated.
be interesting to see if the audience would've had that sympathy if the story was based on the main perpetrator in the awful murder or if boy As involvement was left less ambiguous.
based on a novel.
If I found out someone living near me had committed a crime 14 years ago when a child, would i react differently to them? difficult one to say when not in the situation (as far as i know)
However, when I was 10, I'm sure I did things that I didn't realise were wrong, but silly little things and not that involved harming other people....makes you wonder what possessed them to do it?
Thought it was really good.
Not sure if i felt sorry for him or not, or if i was guilty for thinking this way.
I was talking about it with one of our apprentices and he said "well they were only kids when they did it" can't stop bloody thinking that he could be Venables or thompson now! going to give him some crap work this afternoon anyway!!!!
btw> it was called Boy A and not named after Radiohead's album :-)