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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.
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 28, 2008
Cast
Full credits →T
Timothy Spall
Bill Ainscow
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Brenda Blethyn
Wendy Ainscow
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Rebekah Staton
Lisa Ainscow
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Judy Flynn
Anne Buckley
D
David Crellin
David Kirwan
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Stephen Boxer
Martyn Bowler
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Mark Penfold
Judge Bryn
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Gary Cargill
Merseyside PC 1
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Nicholas Gleaves
Richard Nicholas
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Noma Dumezweni
Chanelle Pinkerton
