Best: His Mother's Son

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2009 · 90 min · Comedy · Drama · TV Movie · TMDB 5.0/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Colin Barr

Cast

• Lorcan Cranitch — Dickie Best
• Luke de Woolfson — Dave Sadler
• Laurence Doherty — Journalist
• Laura Donnelly — Barbara Best
• Richard Dormer — Ad Director