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Best: His Mother's Son (2009)

Best: His Mother's Son (2009)

Drama Comedy TV Movie
Release Date: 2009, April 29
Directors: Colin Barr
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: BBC
Cast: Michelle Fairley, Paul Kennedy, Luke de Woolfson, Stephen Hagan, Niamh McGrady, Lorcan Cranitch, Tom Payne, Laurence Doherty, Richard Dormer, Laura Donnelly, Bronágh Taggart

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.

Keywords:

black and white consequences career alcoholic son