Mysterious Creatures 2006
8/10 by 2 users
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.
- Released: 2006-10-29
- Runtime: 69 minutes
- Genre: Drama, TV Movie
- Stars: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Rebekah Staton, Judy Flynn, David Crellin
- Director: Gwyneth Hughes, David Evans
