Much-anticipated The Victim is set to hit screens and excitement is building - but the writers accept it could split viewers right down the middle.
Producers have denied the up-coming BBC show is based on the infamous kidnapping of James Bulger despite some obvious similarities.
The creative team say the story of a grieving mother who reveals the identity of her son's killer 15 years after the murder is entirely fictional.
It's pegged as justice vs social media as the thriller handles some very tricky and emotional legal situations.
The BBC sum it up by saying: "In law, there is the accused and the victim. In life, it's not that simple."
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Kelly Macdonald plays the distraught parent in the four-parter, alongside Trainspotting actress as Anna Dean.
Craig Myers (James Harkness) has been the victim of a vicious attack - but denies he was the one who killed the boy.
The show explores mistaken identity and the issues surrounding so-called trial by social media.
Executive producer Sarah Brown is preparing for a mixed response.
"This is a drama which really does polarise the audience and delves into the grey areas around justice and the law and the difference between moral justice and legal justice," she said.
"It covers that murky thing which the courts don't really deal with, that the people involved in are having to deal with day to day.
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"As a piece of TV, we wanted to create something compelling for the audience and provoke them into thinking about the issues and delving into those ethically grey areas.
"We didn't want generic twisty turns, we wanted to ask some difficult big questions about the subject matter of the show."
Writer Rob Williams says the story is a work of fiction and does not address the death of toddle Bulger back in the 90s.
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"Sadly, there are many cases in which juveniles have committed horrific offences and not been named, and some of them who have been given new identities, so it was a territory to explore," he told Digital Spy.
"It's not about any single case. Have we contacted the Bulger family?
"No, we haven't for that very reason. It's hopefully a very even-handed treatment of a very emotive issue. And it is entirely fiction."
