Feature-length ITV drama based on real events. Bill & Wendy Ainscow (Timothy Spall & 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 & get state help to deal with with Lisa's condition
- which eventually turns out to be Asperger's syndrome
- Bill & Wendy are ultimately driven to desperate measures with tragic consequences.