Keren Margalit
Director
The A Word (2016)
Series 1
The various generations of the Hughes family, who all love, work and fight like any other clan, find they must learn to communicate all over again when the youngest member is diagnosed with autism.
Released March 22, 2016
Episode 60 min
14+
Genres: Drama
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Production Companies: Fifty Fathoms, Keshet Productions
Network: BBC One
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
8.5
S1E1 - Diagnosis
At Joe's birthday party, tensions rise when it's suggested he has communication problems.
March 22, 2016, midnight
9.0
S1E2 - Home School
Following Joe’s diagnosis, Alison wants to protect her son and takes him out of school without telling Paul. He and Rebecca believe that Joe shouldn’t have to change to fit into the world.
March 29, 2016, midnight
8.5
S1E3 - Therapy
Alison has to deal with a blast from her past after Maggie, a speech and language therapist, shows up to assess Joe.
April 5, 2016, midnight
9.5
S1E4 - Sleepover
An impromptu attempt to win Joe some friends leads to a breakthrough moment for Alison, but how long can it last? Maurice and Louise come to blows over Joe, while Rebecca turns to Eddie for relationship advice.
April 12, 2016, midnight
9.5
S1E5 - Goodbye
Alison is hit hard when Joe's helper Maya looks set to be deported. As Paul and Eddie discover their wives both want different things, Maurice is left kicking himself for letting Louise go.
April 19, 2016, midnight
9.5
S1E6 - Lost
Alison brokers a peace with Paul in time for the gastropub opening, but Joe goes missing.
April 26, 2016, midnight
Network: BBC One
Episode Runtime: 60 min.
Season Runtime: 1080 min.
Released: March 22, 2016
Last Air Date: June 9, 2020, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14
Common sense age: 14+
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