The A Word (2016)

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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: 2016-03-22
• Genres: Drama
• Seasons: 3, 18 episodes
• Episode length: 1h 0m
• Network: BBC One
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.9/10 from 26 votes

Created by Keren Margalit.

Top cast

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

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Where to watch The A Word

• United Kingdom: stream on Netflix, Sky Go, Netflix Standard with Ads; watch free on BBC iPlayer; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store

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