Mysterious Creatures
A family bound by love, but torn apart by despair.
2006 | 69m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | David Evans |
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| Writer: | Gwyneth Hughes |
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| Feature-length ITV drama based on real events. Bill and Wendy Ainscow (Timothy Spall and Brenda Blethyn) are a middle class, middle-aged Birmingham couple locked in a deeply dysfunctional relationship with their 32-year-old daughter Lisa (Rebekah Staton). In a culmination of years spent unsuccessfully trying to obtain a diagnosis and get state help to deal with with Lisa's condition - which eventually turns out to be Asperger's syndrome - Bill and Wendy are ultimately driven to desperate measures with tragic consequences. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 29, 2006 |
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| Director: | David Evans |
| Writer: | Gwyneth Hughes |
| Genres: | Drama, TV Movie |
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| Production Companies | ITV |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 03, 2025 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Timothy Spall | Bill Ainscow |
| Brenda Blethyn | Wendy Ainscow |
| Rebekah Staton | Lisa Ainscow |
| Judy Flynn | Anne Buckley |
| David Crellin | David Kirwan |
| Stephen Boxer | Martyn Bowler |
| Alistair Galbraith | Dr. David Yorke |
| Mark Penfold | Judge Bryn |
| Gary Cargill | Merseyside PC 1 |
| Nicholas Gleaves | Richard Nicholas |
| Noma Dumezweni | Chanelle Pinkerton |
| Name | Job |
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| David Evans | Director |
| Gwyneth Hughes | Writer |
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