Best: His Mother's Son

The story

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 & crew

Lorcan CranitchDickie Best

Luke de WoolfsonDave Sadler

Laurence DohertyJournalist

Laura DonnellyBarbara Best

Richard DormerAd Director

Michelle FairleyAnn Best

Stephen HaganSteve Fullaway

Paul KennedyReporter

Niamh McGradyMartha Devine

Tom PayneGeorge Best

Bronágh Taggart

Bronágh TaggartRuby Emerson