A family bound by love, but torn apart by despair.
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.
Gwyneth Hughes
Writer
David Evans
Director

Timothy Spall
Bill Ainscow

Brenda Blethyn
Wendy Ainscow

Rebekah Staton
Lisa Ainscow

Judy Flynn
Anne Buckley

David Crellin
David Kirwan

Stephen Boxer
Martyn Bowler
Alistair Galbraith
Dr. David Yorke

Mark Penfold
Judge Bryn

Gary Cargill
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