In this era of wall-to-wall Netflix dramas and true crime documentaries, very little seems to be beyond the realms of script-writing possibilities.
But the real-life story of a former Aston Villa star and England Under-21 international dying in a massive fireball after crashing his £100,000 Range Rover into a van as he headed home after dropping his children off at school had viewers' jaws on the floor.
Jlloyd Samuel played 420 matches, including 240 in the Premier League, in a glittering career where he kept some of the country's best wingers in his pocket from his position at left-back.