The A Word | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Yellow Peppers by Keren Margalit |
Developed by | Peter Bowker |
Written by | Peter Bowker |
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Composer | Rob Lane |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 3 |
No. of episodes | 18 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
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Editor | Jamie Pearson |
Running time | 60 minutes |
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Network | BBC One |
Release | 22 March 2016 9 June 2020 | –
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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.[1] It premiered in the UK on 7 November 2017. The third series began airing on 5 May 2020.[2]