Best: His Mother's Son
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.
Cast
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Lorcan Cranitch
Played Dickie Best
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Luke de Woolfson
Played Dave Sadler
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Laurence Doherty
Played Journalist
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Laura Donnelly
Played Barbara Best
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Richard Dormer
Played Ad Director
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Michelle Fairley
Played Ann Best
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Stephen Hagan
Played Steve Fullaway
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Paul Kennedy
Played Reporter
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Niamh McGrady
Played Martha Devine
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Tom Payne
Played George Best
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Bronágh Taggart
Played Ruby Emerson
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