Best: His Mother's Son (2009)

04/29/2009 (GB) • Comedy, Drama, TV Movie • 1h 30m

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.

Best: His Mother's Son (2009)

04/29/2009 (GB) • 1h 30m

Comedy, Drama, TV Movie

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.

Top Billed Cast

Lorcan Cranitch

Dickie Best

Luke de Woolfson

Dave Sadler

Laurence Doherty

Journalist

Barbara Best

Ad Director

Michelle Fairley

Ann Best

Steve Fullaway

Reporter

Martha Devine

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

career

black and white

consequences

alcoholic son

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