(Best: His Mother's Son)

Content: 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.

Countries:

United Kingdom

Genres:

Comedy,

Drama,

TV Movie

Runtime:

90 minutes

Year:

2009

Directors:

Colin Barr

Production companies:

BBC

Actors:

Dickie Best

Dave Sadler

Journalist

Barbara Best

Ad Director

Crews:

Director

Writer