Mysterious Creatures

Mysterious Creatures (2006)

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

  • Genre: Drama, TV Movie
  • Release Date: 2006-10-29
  • User Rating: 8/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 9min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: ITV
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: David Evans
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Summary

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.

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  • Timothy Spall

    as Bill Ainscow
  • Brenda Blethyn

    as Wendy Ainscow
  • Rebekah Staton

    as Lisa Ainscow
  • Judy Flynn

    as Anne Buckley
  • David Crellin

    as David Kirwan
  • Stephen Boxer

    as Martyn Bowler
  • Alistair Galbraith

    as Dr. David Yorke
  • Mark Penfold

    as Judge Bryn
  • Gary Cargill

    as Merseyside PC 1
  • Nicholas Gleaves

    as Richard Nicholas
  • Noma Dumezweni

    as Chanelle Pinkerton
Writing Gwyneth Hughes Writer
Directing David Evans Director

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