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Mysterious Creatures (2006)
Directed by David Evans
Overview
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.
Length 69 minutes
Actors
Timothy Spall | Brenda Blethyn | Rebekah Staton | Judy Flynn | David Crellin | Stephen Boxer | Alistair Galbraith | Mark Penfold | Gary Cargill | Nicholas Gleaves | Noma Dumezweni