Best: His Mother's Son

A sober, quietly devastating portrait of addiction and loss, played with restraint and emotional precision.

Directed by

Colin Barr

Genres

Comedy, Drama, Tv movie

Starring

Lorcan Cranitch, Luke de Woolfson, Laurence Doherty

Overview

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.

How it feels

Bleak, melancholic, earnest and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Addiction, family, grief, guilt

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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