Mysterious Creatures

10/29/2006

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1hr 9min

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Drama

,TV Movie

A family bound by love, but torn apart by despair.

STORY

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.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Timothy Spall
  • Brenda Blethyn
  • Rebekah Staton
  • Judy Flynn
  • David Crellin

    Director

  • David Evans

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • ITV

    Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

LANGUAGES

  • English