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Mysterious Creatures
First aired on Oct 29, 2006
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Genres: Drama, TV Movie

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
Brenda Blethyn | Wendy Ainscow
Rebekah Staton | Lisa Ainscow
Judy Flynn | Anne Buckley
David Crellin | David Kirwan
Stephen Boxer | Martyn Bowler
Featured Crew
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Gwyneth Hughes | Writer
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David Evans | Director