Lost for Words (1999)
1h 15m
Running Time
January 3, 1999Release Date
Lost for Words (1999)
1h 15m
Running Time
January 3, 1999Release Date
Network & Production Companies
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
Annie Longden
Pete Postlethwaite
Deric Longden
Penny Downie
Aileen Longden
Anne Reid
Gloria Brooks
Keith Clifford
Fred
Tom Higgins
Doctor
Jennifer Luckraft
Nurse
Katherine Dow Blyton
Sister
Eddie Caswell
Widower
Diana Flacks
Mrs Corey
David Shimwell
Young Man
Malcolm Hebden
Chemist
Ruth Holden
Mrs Elliot
Dinah Handley
Do-Gooder
Gillian Waugh
Therapist
Noreen Kershaw
Margaret
Dennis Blanch
Man with Dogs
Maxine Burth
Nurse
Katisha Kenyon
Nurse
Alan J.W. Bell
Director
Deric Longden
Book / Screenplay
Josh Dynevor
Location Manager
Angie Pontefract
Script Supervisor
Roger Arscott
First Assistant Director
Donna Molloy
Second Assistant Director
Lynette Carroll
Production Coordinator
Dave Carey
Camera Operator
Keith Broome
Focus Puller
Michael Quinn
Grip
Dave Whiteley
Sound Recordist
Chris Gibbions
Boom Operator
Robert Hough
Assistant Editor
Roy Lafbery
Sound Editor
Patrick Morris
Sound Mixer
Neil Turner
Colorist
Tony Edmondson
Post Production Supervisor
Adge Smith
Gaffer
Peter Allan
Props
Teresa Clayton
Art Direction
Neil McConachie
Graphic Designer
Sue Hallas
Costume Designer
Jan Marsden
Costume Supervisor
Joyce Dean
Makeup Designer
Ruth Edwards
Assistant Makeup Artist
Sue Jackson
Casting Director
Janey Walklin
Editor
Jim Parker
Music
Alan Pyrah
Director of Photography
Andrew Sanderson
Production Design
Keith Richardson
Executive Producer
Margaret Matheson
Executive Producer
Sita Williams
Producer
Details.
Wiki.
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.