Lost for Words

Lost for Words

75 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Jan. 3, 1999

Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting too old to live on her own. Annie suffers her first stroke and a nursing home is the obvious solution, but which one and where?

Lost for Words

75 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Jan. 3, 1999

Lost for Words
Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting too old to live on her own. Annie suffers her first stroke and a nursing home is the obvious solution, but which one and where?
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Yorkshire Television
Original title Lost for Words
Directors Alan J.W. Bell
Writers Deric Longden

Cast

Thora Hird

as Annie Longden

Pete Postlethwaite

as Deric Longden

Penny Downie

as Aileen Longden

Anne Reid

as Gloria Brooks

Keith Clifford

as Fred

Tom Higgins

as Doctor

Eddie Caswell

as Widower

Diana Flacks

as Mrs Corey

David Shimwell

as Young Man

Malcolm Hebden

as Chemist

Ruth Holden

as Mrs Elliot

Dinah Handley

as Do-Gooder

Gillian Waugh

as Therapist

Noreen Kershaw

as Margaret

Dennis Blanch

as Man with Dogs

Maxine Burth

as Nurse

Katisha Kenyon

as Nurse