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A five-year-old's silence forces his whole messy family to finally listen.
TMDB
79
IMDb
79
Rotten Tomatoes
89
Audience Score
94
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The A Word (2016)

British family chaosquietly devastatingawkwardly tender

Latest Episode

Episode 6
60 min

Season 3 • Episode 6

Latest

Episode 6

Jun 9, 2020

When Rebecca goes into labour, it falls to Joe to help his sister. Alison makes a decision about Ben, Paul makes Mark an offer, and Maurice has a big question for Louise.

Overview

Drama

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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Content warning
family relationshipsdysfunctional familyfamily dramaautism

Standout Aspects

Acting

Max Vento's wordless presence steals every scene

Writing

Dialogue so natural you'll cringe in recognition

Score

Music as Joe's voice when words fail him

Best for:Solo: When you need to ugly-cry in private·Family: If yours also avoids talking about hard things
Heads up:Triggers: Autistic meltdowns shown with unflinching realism·Emotional: Parents processing grief through denial and blame
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Creator

Keren Margalit

First AiredMar 22, 2016
StatusEnded

Vibe

Pacesteady
Intensitymedium
Tonemixed
Feelheavy
Seasons3·Episodes18
BBC One

Top 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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Cultural

Created by Keren Margalit after her own son's autism diagnosis; the Israeli-British co-production deliberately avoided 'inspiration porn' tropes common to autism stories.

Trivia

The Lake District setting became a character itself—Joe's isolation visually echoed by vast, beautiful emptiness surrounding the family.

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THE A WORD | Official Trailer | SundanceTV

THE A WORD | Official Trailer | SundanceTV

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