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.
Terry Cafolla
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Dickie Best
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Laura Donnelly
Barbara Best
Richard Dormer
Ad Director
Michelle Fairley
Ann Best
Stephen Hagan
Steve Fullaway
Paul Kennedy
Reporter
Niamh McGrady
Martha Devine
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