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Mysterious Creatures

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

2006-10-29
8
en 69m
DramaTV Movie
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.

Writer

Gwyneth Hughes

Director

David Evans

Status

Released

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • ITV