Released:
2006-10-29

Overview:
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.

Director:
David Evans

Runtime:
1h 9min

Genre:
Drama, TV Movie

• Cast:
• 
  Timothy Spall
  as
  Bill Ainscow
• 
  Brenda Blethyn
  as
  Wendy Ainscow
• 
  Rebekah Staton
  as
  Lisa Ainscow
• 
  Judy Flynn
  as
  Anne Buckley
• 
  David Crellin
  as
  David Kirwan