Release Date

29 Oct, 2006

Runtime

01:09: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A family bound by love, but torn apart by despair.

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.

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Actors

Timothy Spall

Brenda Blethyn

Rebekah Staton

Judy Flynn

David Crellin

Stephen Boxer

Alistair Galbraith

Mark Penfold

Gary Cargill

Nicholas Gleaves

Noma Dumezweni

Crew