- Network: Sundance Channel , SundanceTV , BBC One , BBC 1
- Series Premiere Date: Mar 22, 2016
User Score
Generally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings
User score distribution:
-
Positive: 14 out of 17
-
Mixed: 1 out of 17
-
Negative: 2 out of 17
Watch Now
Where To Watch
| Stream On |
|
| Buy on |
|
Review this tv show
-
The A WordYour Score0 out of 10User ScoreGenerally favorable reviews- based on 17 Ratings
-
Please sign in or create an account before writing a review.
-
-
Submit
-
Check Spelling
User Reviews
- User score
- By date
- Most helpful
There are no negative user reviews yet.
Awards & Rankings
-
It's an absolute gem, delightful and thoughtful, serious, sad and also ridiculously funny. It's one of those series that ultimately bites off a bit more than it has time to deliver on, but it's never short on ambition and the talent to pull most of it off.
-
If The A Word sounds dark and depressing, it isn't. Joe's autism is the central plot point, but this is also a messy soap opera about a family that's always butting heads.
-
[Five-year-old Joe Hughes (Max Vento)] doesn’t take direction, not because he’s obstinate, but because he can’t. Joe is also a wider part of the family portrait, which is one of The A Word’s greatest strengths. It shares that quality with another dramedy that used an autism-spectrum disorder to great narrative effect: Parenthood.