Mysterious Creatures
(2006)

A family bound by love, but torn apart by despair.

Released: 2006-10-29

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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.

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Timothy Spall

as Bill Ainscow

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Brenda Blethyn

as Wendy Ainscow

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Rebekah Staton

as Lisa Ainscow

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Judy Flynn

as Anne Buckley

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David Crellin

as David Kirwan

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Stephen Boxer

as Martyn Bowler

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Alistair Galbraith

as Dr. David Yorke

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Mark Penfold

as Judge Bryn

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Gary Cargill

as Merseyside PC 1

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Nicholas Gleaves

as Richard Nicholas

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Noma Dumezweni

as Chanelle Pinkerton

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