The A Word

The A Word is a British television series created by Keren Margalit. It follows a child, Joe, and his family as they process the news that he has autism and have to learn how to cope with it. It is based on Israeli series Yellow Peppers (פלפלים צהובים).

The first series originally aired from March 22 to April 26, 2016, while the second aired from November 7 to December 12, 2017, and each had six episodes. The third series is set to premiere on May 5, 2020.

Synopsis
Joe is a music lover who’s rarely without his headphones; to some he’s a little eccentric, to others he’s a little odd. But when Alison’s brother Eddie and his wife Nicola return to the family home to rebuild their broken marriage, they become the first people brave enough to suggest that Joe’s problems run deeper. The moment Nicola says the unsayable, family patriarch Maurice expresses his own concerns for his grandson.

And when Joe is finally diagnosed with autism, the whole family finds itself in an unfamiliar and unpredictable world.

Cast and characters

 * Max Vento as Joe Hughes
 * Lee Ingleby as Paul Hughes
 * Morven Christie as Alison Hughes
 * Molly Wright as Rebecca Hughes
 * Greg McHugh as Eddie Scott
 * Vinette Robinson as Nicola Daniels
 * Christopher Eccleston as Maurice Scott
 * Pooky Quesnel as Louise Wilson

Series 1
The first series focuses on the discovery of Joe's autism and how it affects the Hughes family in its entirety as they begin to adapt to the situation.


 * "Episode 1"
 * "Episode 2"
 * "Episode 3"
 * "Episode 4"
 * "Episode 5"
 * "Episode 6"

Series 2
The second series shows how although Joe's diagnosis has become the new normal for the family, there are always new, unexpected dilemmas to face, and disagreements put a strain in some relationships.


 * "Episode 1"
 * "Episode 2"
 * "Episode 3"
 * "Episode 4"
 * "Episode 5"
 * "Episode 6"

Series 3
Two years after the second series, Joe is 10-years-old and living in two places at once, processing the seismic change in his life through the filter of his autism.


 * "Episode 1"
 * "Episode 2"
 * "Episode 3"
 * "Episode 4"
 * "Episode 5"
 * "Episode 6"