“WE have a duty to honour the spirit and memory of Rhys.

“As a society we should never let this happen again.

“Hopefully Little Boy Blue will make people stop and think for a little bit.

“The only way things are going to change is if we make changes ourselves.”

Stephen Graham talking to me about new four part drama Little Boy Blue.

Which begins on ITV at 9pm this Monday (April 24).

Let me say right from the outset that Little Boy Blue is a very special drama from the production team that brought us Cilla and Mrs Biggs.

Based on the true story of the 2007 murder of innocent 11-year-old Rhys Jones in Liverpool as he walked home from playing football.