Mysterious Creatures (2006)

MovieDrama, TV Movie1h 9m
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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 SpallTimothy SpallBill AinscowBrenda BlethynBrenda BlethynWendy AinscowRebekah StatonRebekah StatonLisa AinscowJudy FlynnJudy FlynnAnne BuckleyDavid CrellinDavid CrellinDavid KirwanStephen BoxerStephen BoxerMartyn Bowler
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Alistair GalbraithDr. David YorkeMark PenfoldMark PenfoldJudge Bryn

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