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Mysterious Creatures

A family bound by love, but torn apart by despair.

8.0

2006•1h 9m

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.

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Timothy Spall

Bill Ainscow

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Brenda Blethyn

Wendy Ainscow

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Rebekah Staton

Lisa Ainscow

Photo of Judy Flynn

Judy Flynn

Anne Buckley

Photo of David Crellin

David Crellin

David Kirwan

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Stephen Boxer

Martyn Bowler

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Mark Penfold

Judge Bryn

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Gary Cargill

Merseyside PC 1

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Nicholas Gleaves

Richard Nicholas

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Noma Dumezweni

Chanelle Pinkerton

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