2009
5.0 (2 votes)
1h 30m
Genres
Comedy
Drama
TV Movie
Production Companies
BBC
Best: His Mother's Son
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.
Key Crew
Writer: Terry Cafolla
Director: Colin Barr
