New film focuses on Best's mum
A NEW film about Northern Ireland football legend George Best is to be broadcast later this month.
Best: His Mother's Son will be shown on BBC Two at 9pm on April 26.
A fact-based drama, it will tell the story of Gorge Best's relationship with his alcoholic mother, Ann.
The script was written by one of Northern Ireland's leading dramatists, Terry Cafolla, who was nominated for a Bafta for Holy Cross.
"Like Holy Cross, I approached George Best by looking at all the research and trying to find a way through the story," he said.
Shot in Belfast last year, the film features Michelle Fairley, who has appeared in The Street and Ahead of the Class, as Ann Best, and Tom Payne, who featured in Waterloo Road, as George.
It concentrates on the period between 1966 and 1973, when Manchester United saw an unprecedented decline from victory in Europe to relegation to the Second Division.
During that time, George Best went from superstardom to retirement aged just 26, and his mother went from teetotaller to alcoholic.
"This is the story of how an ordinary, loving, close-knit family deals with the extraordinary phenomenon of celebrity in an age where there were no precedents," a spokesperson for the BBC said.
Best: His Mother's Son was produced and directed by Colin Barr, who made the Emmy award-winning drama, Maxwell, and 10 Days To War, which recently won an RTS Award.
The cast also features Laura Donnelly as Barbara Best, Lisa Hogg as Carol Best, Catherine Quinn as Grace Best, Amy Quinn as Julie Best and Des McAleer as Matt Busby.
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