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The A Word

TV-14
2016–2020·Ended·3 Seasons·18 Episodes·58 min·BBC One·Tuesday · 21:00
Studio: Fifty Fathoms, Keshet Productions
TMDb7.9
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UK
English · Foreign
FOREIGN
Drama

Overview

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.

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Cast

Max Vento
Max Vento
Joe Hughes
Molly Wright
Molly Wright
Rebecca Hughes
Morven Christie
Morven Christie
Alison Hughes
Lee Ingleby
Lee Ingleby
Paul Hughes
David Gyasi
David Gyasi
Ben Chambers

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Keywords

autismdysfunctional familyfamily relationshipsfamily drama

Seasons

Series 16 episodes
2016
1
Diagnosis
2016-03-22
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2
Home School
2016-03-29
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3
Therapy
2016-04-05
60m8.5es153464
4
Sleepover
2016-04-12
60m9.5es153465
5
Goodbye
2016-04-19
60m9.5es153466
6
Lost
2016-04-26
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Series 26 episodes
2017
1
Naming Day
2017-11-07
60m8.0es153468
2
Get Away
2017-11-14
60m8.0es153469
3
Are We Still Here?
2017-11-21
60m8.0es153470
4
Falling
2017-11-28
60m8.0es153471
5
Family Album
2017-12-05
60m9.0es153472
6
Same Deep Water
2017-12-12
60m7.5es153473
Series 36 episodes
2020
1
Episode 1
2020-05-05
60m0.0es153474
2
Episode 2
2020-05-12
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3
Episode 3
2020-05-19
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4
Episode 4
2020-05-26
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5
Episode 5
2020-06-02
60m0.0es153478
6
Episode 6
2020-06-09
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Added: 5/14/2026Updated: 6/3/2026