Best: His Mother's Son (2009)
1h 30m
Running Time
April 29, 2009Release Date
Best: His Mother's Son (2009)
1h 30m
Running Time
April 29, 2009Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Lorcan Cranitch
Dickie Best
Luke de Woolfson
Dave Sadler
Laurence Doherty
Journalist
Laura Donnelly
Barbara Best
Richard Dormer
Ad Director
Colin Barr
Director
Michelle Fairley
Ann Best
Stephen Hagan
Steve Fullaway
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Best: His Mother's Son is a 2009 comedy-drama television film that chronicles the life of the late footballer George Best's mother, Ann, and her battles against alcoholism that would ultimately lead to her death at the age of 54. The film was originally broadcast on BBC Two and BBC Northern Ireland on 26 April 2009, receiving ratings of 2.74 million viewers.Best: His Mother's Son was filmed at County Antrim and Belfast in Northern Ireland, the country where George Best was born in 1946. It starred Tom Payne as the title character, with Michelle Fairley playing his mother Ann and Lorcan Cranitch appearing as his father Dickie. Des McAleer was also featured as the Manchester United manager during George's playing career, Matt Busby.