Mysterious Creatures
7.2
“A family bound by love, but torn apart by despair.”
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.
Your rating
Your review
Cast
11 people
Timothy Spall
Bill Ainscow
Known for
The Last Samurai
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Brenda Blethyn
Wendy Ainscow
Known for
Pride & Prejudice
Secrets & Lies
Rebekah Staton
Lisa Ainscow
Known for
Jane Eyre
State of Play
Judy Flynn
Anne Buckley
Also in
The Brittas Empire
Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom
David Crellin
David Kirwan
Known for
Emmerdale
North & South
Stephen Boxer
Martyn Bowler
Known for
The Crown
Humans
Alistair Galbraith
Dr. David Yorke
Mark Penfold
Judge Bryn
Known for
Wire in the Blood
Overlord
Gary Cargill
Merseyside PC 1
Known for
Maleficent
Utopia
Nicholas Gleaves
Richard Nicholas
Known for
Bodyguard
Survivors
Noma Dumezweni
Chanelle Pinkerton
Known for
The Undoing
The Watcher
David Evans Director · Gwyneth Hughes Writer
First release October 29, 2006 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production ITV1
Production
ITV
Production
ITV1
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · October 29, 2006
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
United Kingdom
October 29, 2006 · TV
More from David Evans
Other films they directed, best known first.
If you liked Mysterious Creatures
Picks that share its genres, themes, cast and crew.
Some details come from TheTVDB.