Lost for Words (1999)
1h 15m
Running Time
January 3, 1999Release Date
Lost for Words (1999)
1h 15m
Running Time
January 3, 1999Release Date
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Plot.
Deric Longden and his wife, Aileen, come to terms with the fact that his mother, Annie, is getting too old to live on her own. Annie suffers her first stroke and a nursing home is the obvious solution, but which one and where?
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Cast & Crew.
Thora Hird
Mother
Pete Postlethwaite
Deric
Anne Reid
Gloria Brooks
Penny Downie
Aileen
Keith Clifford
Fred
Jennifer Luckraft
Nurse One
Tom Higgins
Doctor
Alan J.W. Bell
Director
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Lost for Words is a British TV film which premiered on ITV on 3 January 1999. It was adapted from his autobiographical book of the same title by Deric Longden and directed by Alan J. W. Bell. It was a sequel to Longden's earlier autobiographical film Wide-Eyed and Legless (aka The Wedding Gift). It dealt with Deric's mother Annie (Thora Hird), her decline into dementia and how Deric (Pete Postlethwaite) and his wife Aileen (Penny Downie) coped with this. For her performance, Hird won the 2000 BAFTA for Best Actress, the 1999 RTS Award for Best Actor – Female, and the 1999 National Television Award for Most Popular Actress. The programme also won a 1999 Peabody Award and the 1999 International Emmy for Best Drama.