27 minSeason 1 • Episode 6
LatestIt’s Christmas, and Ralph and Katie realise they’re double booked. As a family row ensues, can they ever find some peace? Danny has a Christmas heart-to-heart with Tom.
Spin-off series following the first year of marriage for the characters from The A Word (2016). Young couple Ralph and Katie face the domestic challenges faced by all newlyweds, but with the added fact that they have Down's Syndrome.
Acting
Harrop and Gordy: chemistry so real it feels stolen from documentary.
Writing
Bowker lets arguments breathe. No easy answers, no inspiration porn.
Direction
Tender framing that never hovers or pities.
Creator
Peter Bowker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Harrop and Gordy are among the few actors with Down's syndrome cast in romantic leads on mainstream television. This shouldn't still be groundbreaking in 2022.
Peter Bowker created The A Word after his own son's autism diagnosis; Ralph & Katie extends that world with the same refusal to make disability either tragedy or triumph.
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