Best: His Mother's Son

5.0
20091h 30m

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.

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Cast

Photo of Lorcan Cranitch

Lorcan Cranitch

Dickie Best

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Luke de Woolfson

Dave Sadler

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Laura Donnelly

Barbara Best

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Richard Dormer

Ad Director

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Stephen Hagan

Steve Fullaway

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Paul Kennedy

Reporter

Photo of Niamh McGrady

Niamh McGrady

Martha Devine

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Tom Payne

George Best

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