Mysterious Creatures

The story

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.

Cast

T Timothy SpallBill Ainscow B Brenda BlethynWendy Ainscow R Rebekah StatonLisa Ainscow J Judy FlynnAnne Buckley D David CrellinDavid Kirwan S Stephen BoxerMartyn Bowler A Alistair GalbraithDr. David Yorke M Mark PenfoldJudge Bryn G Gary CargillMerseyside PC 1 N Nicholas GleavesRichard Nicholas N Noma DumezweniChanelle Pinkerton