Best: His Mother's Son (2009)

5.0/10 • 90 min • Comedy Drama TV Movie

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

George Best

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