Movie: Best: His Mother's Son

Top 10 Billed Cast

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

Stephen Hagan
Stephen Hagan

Steve Fullaway

Paul Kennedy
Paul Kennedy

Reporter

Niamh McGrady
Niamh McGrady

Martha Devine

Tom Payne
Tom Payne

George Best

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2009-04-29

  • Average

    5

  • Rating:

    2.5 starts
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    English
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