Cast of
Mysterious Creatures

About Mysterious Creatures

Feature-length ITV drama based on real events. Bill and Wendy Ainscow (Timothy Spall and Brenda Blethyn) are a middle class, middle-aged Birmingham couple locked in a deeply dysfunctional relationship with their 32-year-old daughter Lisa (Rebekah Staton). In a culmination of years spent unsuccessfully trying to obtain a diagnosis and get state help to deal with with Lisa's condition - which eventually turns out to be Asperger's syndrome - Bill and Wendy are ultimately driven to desperate measures with tragic consequences.

Full Cast of Mysterious Creatures

Timothy Spall
plays Bill Ainscow

Brenda Blethyn
plays Wendy Ainscow

Rebekah Staton
plays Lisa Ainscow

Judy Flynn
plays Anne Buckley

David Crellin
plays David Kirwan

Stephen Boxer
plays Martyn Bowler

Alistair Galbraith
plays Dr. David Yorke

Mark Penfold
plays Judge Bryn

Gary Cargill
plays Merseyside PC 1

Nicholas Gleaves
plays Richard Nicholas

Nicholas Gleaves as Richard Nicholas

Nicholas Gleaves is an English actor and playwright. Originally from the Halliwell area of Bolton, Lancashire, Engla...

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Noma Dumezweni
plays Chanelle Pinkerton

Noma Dumezweni as Chanelle Pinkerton

Noma Dumezweni (born 28 July 1984) is a South African-British actress. In 2006, she won the Laurence Olivier Award fo...

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Crew of Mysterious Creatures

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