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 & crew

Timothy SpallBill Ainscow

Brenda BlethynWendy Ainscow

Rebekah StatonLisa Ainscow

Judy FlynnAnne Buckley

David CrellinDavid Kirwan

Stephen BoxerMartyn Bowler

Alistair Galbraith

Alistair GalbraithDr. David Yorke

Mark PenfoldJudge Bryn

Gary CargillMerseyside PC 1

Nicholas GleavesRichard Nicholas

Noma DumezweniChanelle Pinkerton