Best: His Mother's Son (2009)
Overview
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.
Cast
Lorcan Cranitch
Dickie Best
Luke de Woolfson
Dave Sadler
Laurence Doherty
Journalist
Laura Donnelly
Barbara Best
Richard Dormer
Ad Director
Michelle Fairley
Ann Best
Stephen Hagan
Steve Fullaway
Paul Kennedy
Reporter
Niamh McGrady
Martha Devine
Tom Payne
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