Mysterious Creatures

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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  David Evans
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  Scott Bunce

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  Timothy Spall
  Bill Ainscow
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  Brenda Blethyn
  Wendy Ainscow
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  Rebekah Staton
  Lisa Ainscow
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  Judy Flynn
  Anne Buckley
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  David Crellin
  David Kirwan
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  Stephen Boxer
  Martyn Bowler
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  Alistair Galbraith
  Dr. David Yorke
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  Mark Penfold
  Judge Bryn
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  Gary Cargill
  Merseyside PC 1
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  Nicholas Gleaves
  Richard Nicholas
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  Noma Dumezweni
  Chanelle Pinkerton