Lost for Words (1999)
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?
- Date of release
- 1999-01-03
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- TV Movie, Drama
- Director
- Alan J.W. Bell
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
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. It dealt with Deric's mother Annie, her decline into dementia and how Deric and his wife Aileen 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.
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