Max Vento
Joe Hughes
TV SERIES
The A Word
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.
Top cast
Molly Wright
Rebecca Hughes
Morven Christie
Alison Hughes
Lee Ingleby
Paul Hughes
David Gyasi
Ben Chambers
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Episodes
6 Episodes
011. Diagnosis
At Joe's birthday party, tensions rise when it's suggested he has communication problems.
022. Home School
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.
033. Therapy
Alison has to deal with a blast from her past after Maggie, a speech and language therapist, shows up to assess Joe.
044. Sleepover
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.
055. Goodbye
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.
066. Lost
Alison brokers a peace with Paul in time for the gastropub opening, but Joe goes missing.