Lost for Words
8.0
Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting too old to live on her own. Annie suffers her first stroke and a nursing home is the obvious solution, but which one and where?
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Cast
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Thora Hird
Annie Longden
Known for
The Nightcomers
A Kind of Loving
Pete Postlethwaite
Deric Longden
Known for
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Inception
Penny Downie
Aileen Longden
Known for
The Diplomat
The Crown
Anne Reid
Gloria Brooks
Known for
Years and Years
A Close Shave
Keith Clifford
Fred
Also in
Last of the Summer Wine
G.B.H.
Tom Higgins
Doctor
Also in
Children's Ward
Hetty Wainthropp Investigates
Jennifer Luckraft
Nurse
Also in
Children's Ward
Coogan's Run
Katherine Dow Blyton
Sister
Known for
This Is England '88
Emmerdale
Eddie Caswell
Widower
Also in
The Railway Children Return
Soldier and Me
Diana Flacks
Mrs Corey
Also in
Holly
The Glamour Girls
David Shimwell
Young Man
Also in
Love on a Branch Line
Hilary and Jackie
Malcolm Hebden
Chemist
Known for
Coronation Street
Alan J.W. Bell Director · Deric Longden Screenplay Alan Pyrah Cinematographer
First release January 3, 1999 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Bard Entertainments
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Yorkshire Television
Production
Bard Entertainments
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · January 3, 1999
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No release date listed for United States.
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