Mysterious Creatures (2006)
Drama
TV Movie
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.
Cast
Bill Ainscow
Wendy Ainscow
Chanelle Pinkerton
Lisa Ainscow
Anne Buckley
David Kirwan
Martyn Bowler
Dr. David Yorke
Judge Bryn
Merseyside PC 1
Richard Nicholas
Crew
Writer
Director