Best: His Mother's Son

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Best: His Mother's Son (2009)

Directed by Colin Barr

Comedy, Drama, TV Movie · 1h 30m

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.

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Cast

Lorcan Cranitch Dickie Best Luke de Woolfson Dave Sadler Laurence Doherty Journalist Laura Donnelly Barbara Best Richard Dormer Ad Director Michelle Fairley Ann Best Stephen Hagan Steve Fullaway Paul Kennedy Reporter Niamh McGrady Martha Devine Tom Payne George Best
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Bronágh Taggart Ruby Emerson

Crew

Director
Colin Barr
Writer
Terry Cafolla

Details

Release date
2009-04-29
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
United Kingdom
Production
BBC