The A Word

Season 2 - Series 2 (6 Episodes)

3 Seasons 2017 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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Season 2 Episodes:

Episode 1 Naming Day

1. Naming Day

Aired: Nov 7, 2017

When Joe announces that he is autistic and claims that this is a bad thing, P...

Episode 2 Get Away

2. Get Away

Aired: Nov 14, 2017

Life for Joe's family turns upside down as he starts at a specialist school i...

Episode 3 Are We Still Here?

3. Are We Still Here?

Aired: Nov 21, 2017

Paul makes a connection with Sophie when he takes her and Mark to a gig. Loui...

Episode 4 Falling

4. Falling

Aired: Nov 28, 2017

Rebecca sends Paul and Alison on a weekend away to help them reconnect. Mauri...

Episode 5 Family Album

5. Family Album

Aired: Dec 5, 2017

Paul's deepest feelings about his son's autism emerge when Nicola makes a 'fi...

Episode 6 Same Deep Water

6. Same Deep Water

Aired: Dec 12, 2017

An 'End of Year Show' at Joe's old school brings his family members together....

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Info about The A Word

Current Status: Ended

Network: BBC One

Production Country: United Kingdom

Genres: Drama