Mysterious Creatures
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.
- Year: 2006
- Country: United Kingdom
- Genre: Drama, TV Movie
- Studio: ITV
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- Director: David Evans
- Cast: Timothy Spall, Brenda Blethyn, Rebekah Staton, Judy Flynn, David Crellin, Stephen Boxer