Best: His Mother's Son

Best: His Mother's Son

90 mins | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | April 29, 2009

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.

Best: His Mother's Son

90 mins | Drama, Comedy, TV Movie | April 29, 2009

Best: His Mother's Son
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.
Producers BBC
Original title Best: His Mother's Son
Directors Colin Barr
Writers Terry Cafolla

Cast

Lorcan Cranitch

as Dickie Best

Luke de Woolfson

as Dave Sadler

Laurence Doherty

as Journalist

Laura Donnelly

as Barbara Best

Richard Dormer

as Ad Director

Michelle Fairley

as Ann Best

Stephen Hagan

as Steve Fullaway

Paul Kennedy

as Reporter

Niamh McGrady

as Martha Devine

Tom Payne

as George Best

Bronagh Taggart

as Ruby Emerson