The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Best – His Mother’s Son (BBC Two) was a gloomy drama about Ann Best, mother of George, who was strictly teetotal until her mid-40s, when she had her first sip of sherry to celebrate her son’s footballing success. Ten years later, she was dead from alcoholism-related heart disease. The recreation of late-Sixties Belfast was accurate and, thank goodness, intelligently subdued: no comedy Ulster accents and no point-scoring subplot about the Troubles.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Colin BarrDirector
- Terry CafollaWriter
Cast
- Lorcan CranitchDickie Best
- Luke de WoolfsonDave Sadler
- Laurence DohertyJournalist
- Laura DonnellyBarbara Best
- Richard DormerAd Director
- Michelle FairleyAnn Best
- Stephen HaganSteve Fullaway
- Paul KennedyReporter
- Niamh McGradyMartha Devine
- Tom PayneGeorge Best
- Bronágh TaggartRuby Emerson
Stills
Themes
careerblack and whiteconsequencesalcoholic son