Best: His Mother's Son
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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.
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Lorcan Cranitch
Dickie Best
Known for
Fortitude
Love, Rosie
Luke de Woolfson
Dave Sadler
Known for
Steal
Late Night Shopping
Colin Barr
Terry Cafolla
Laurence Doherty
Journalist
Also in
Game of Thrones
Marshall Leviten
Laura Donnelly
Barbara Best
Known for
The Nevers
Werewolf by Night
Nick Mirsky
Richard Dormer
Ad Director
Known for
Game of Thrones
The Day of the Jackal
Hilary Salmon
Michelle Fairley
Ann Best
Known for
Game of Thrones
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
James Doran
Mancunian taxi driver
Known for
Starred Up
Colin Barr Director · Terry Cafolla Writer
First release April 29, 2009 · Produced in United Kingdom
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BBC
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 29, 2009
TV · TV Movie
No release date listed for United States.
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