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Story
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.
About the show
The A Word is a British television drama series, based on the Israeli series Yellow Peppers. The series follows a young boy and how his family cope with the revelation that he has autism spectrum disorder. Following filming in the Lake District from October 2015, a six-part series began airing on 22 March 2016. On 26 May 2016, the BBC announced that a second series of The A Word had been commissioned. It premiered in the UK on 7 November 2017. The third series began airing on 5 May 2020.
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Star cast
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Behind the camera
- Created by
- Keren Margalit
- Executive producers
- Marcus Wilson, Patrick Spence, Avi Nir
Seasons
Ended 2020 · 3 seasons · 18 episodes
Videos
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