The A Word

2016 - 2020 TV-MA 1h 00m 7.8

The Hughes family work and love and fight like every other family. Then, their youngest son is diagnosed with autism and they don't feel like every other family anymore.

In this moving BBC drama, the Hughes family living in the Lake District are like any other family; when their young son Joe is diagnosed as autistic, their lives are changed forever, and the family members must pull together to better learn their son's condition.

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Episodes:

Episode 1 Diagnosis

1. Diagnosis

Aired: Mar 22, 2016

Alison and Paul are in denial about the behaviour of their young son, Joe. Wh...

Episode 2 Home School

2. Home School

Aired: Mar 29, 2016

Following Joe's diagnosis Alison removes him from school to protect him, but ...

Episode 3 Therapy

3. Therapy

Aired: Apr 5, 2016

Alison receives a blast from her past when speech and language therapist Magg...

Episode 4 Sleepover

4. Sleepover

Aired: Apr 12, 2016

Alison allows Paul to persuade her to tell the school about Joe's diagnosis. ...

Episode 5 Goodbye

5. Goodbye

Aired: Apr 19, 2016

Alison is stunned when Maya faces deportation and Joe's behaviour reaches cri...

Episode 6 Lost

6. Lost

Aired: Apr 26, 2016

The family gather for the launch of Paul's gastropub and while Maurice gets t...

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Info about The A Word

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Genres: Drama