“Fictionalized” means characters or events didn’t actually exist or happen. All drama is necessarily like that, to some extent, e.g. did the kid really say those things to his mother, were the PO people pottering in the kitchen when they heard they were about to be arrested, and so on.
But, if the key points are clearly made and drive home important facts, such as the innocence of imprisoned PO workers, or the Birmingham six (who’d be in the ground, never mind prison, if we had the death penalty) it can only be in the public interest.
It will be interesting to see if one on Lucy Letby is forthcoming. The more you hear about her case, the more likely there could have been a miscarriage. Here’s a sensible view of it, particularly the second half.
