Best: His Mother's Son
Best: His Mother's Son

Best: His Mother's Son

5.0

1 hr 30 min

2009-04-29

2

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.

Comedy

Drama

TV Movie

Trailers

Characters

Lorcan Cranitch

Lorcan Cranitch

Dickie Best

Luke de Woolfson

Luke de Woolfson

Dave Sadler

Laurence Doherty

Laurence Doherty

Journalist

Laura Donnelly

Laura Donnelly

Barbara Best

Richard Dormer

Richard Dormer

Ad Director

Michelle Fairley

Michelle Fairley

Ann Best

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