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Harrowing BBC drama on Anthony Walker's 'robbed' life leaves viewers in tears

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A new BBC One drama left viewers in tears tonight as it showed what Anthony Walker's life could have been had he not been murdered by racist thugs 15 years ago.

Anthony was just 18 years old when he was killed with ice axe in Merseyside on July 29 2015. His mother Gee approached writer Jimmy McGovern in the hope that dramatising what could have been for her son would become "part of Anthony's legacy - to honour him".

She hopes that the drama shows "Anthony's unfilled dreams, his potentials and the many lives he would have impacted on". Anthony was an aspiring lawyer, a church leader, a talented basketball player and a devoted son and boyfriend.

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