- Network: Sundance Channel , SundanceTV , BBC One , BBC 1
- Series Premiere Date: Mar 22, 2016
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The A Word is exceptionally authentic in everything it does. Beautiful? Yes. Emotionally sound? Absolutely. Funny? Very much so. But above all, it rings true, and leaves you a little better off than you were before.
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If the BBC and writer Peter Bowker had it in mind to create a soft-soapy drama with lots of nice loving folk, some with disabilities, then they’ve succeeded magnificently – a pioneering if understated achievement.
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As the series begins, it’s holding on tight to what endures and gracefully letting go what doesn’t.