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The A Word

Season 1 2016
TV-14

  • 2016-03-22T21:00:00Z on BBC One
  • 1h
  • 6h (6 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • 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.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2016-03-22T21:00:00Z

1x01 Diagnosis

Series Premiere

1x01 Diagnosis

  • 2016-03-22T21:00:00Z1h

At Joe's birthday party, tensions rise when it's suggested he has communication problems.

2016-03-29T20:00:00Z

1x02 Home School

1x02 Home School

  • 2016-03-29T20:00:00Z1h

Following Joe’s diagnosis, Alison wants to protect her son and takes him out of school without telling Paul. He and Rebecca believe that Joe shouldn’t have to change to fit into the world.

2016-04-05T20:00:00Z

1x03 Therapy

1x03 Therapy

  • 2016-04-05T20:00:00Z1h

Alison has to deal with a blast from her past after Maggie, a speech and language therapist, shows up to assess Joe.

2016-04-12T20:00:00Z

1x04 Sleepover

1x04 Sleepover

  • 2016-04-12T20:00:00Z1h

An impromptu attempt to win Joe some friends leads to a breakthrough moment for Alison, but how long can it last? Maurice and Louise come to blows over Joe, while Rebecca turns to Eddie for relationship advice.

2016-04-19T20:00:00Z

1x05 Goodbye

1x05 Goodbye

  • 2016-04-19T20:00:00Z1h

Alison is hit hard when Joe's helper Maya looks set to be deported. As Paul and Eddie discover their wives both want different things, Maurice is left kicking himself for letting Louise go.

Season Finale

2016-04-26T20:00:00Z

1x06 Lost

Season Finale

1x06 Lost

  • 2016-04-26T20:00:00Z1h

Alison brokers a peace with Paul in time for the gastropub opening, but Joe goes missing.

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