The read
It runs a compact 1h 9m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Gwyneth HughesWriter
- David EvansDirector
Cast
- Timothy SpallBill Ainscow
- Brenda BlethynWendy Ainscow
- Rebekah StatonLisa Ainscow
- Judy FlynnAnne Buckley
- David CrellinDavid Kirwan
- Stephen BoxerMartyn Bowler
- Alistair GalbraithDr. David Yorke
- Mark PenfoldJudge Bryn
- Gary CargillMerseyside PC 1
- Nicholas GleavesRichard Nicholas
- Noma DumezweniChanelle Pinkerton