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The A Word: Series 1: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC One - The A Word, Series 1, Episode 1

At Joe's birthday party, tensions rise when it's suggested he has communication problems.

The extended Hughes family reunites for Joe's fifth birthday party. Tensions soon rise when it's suggested that Joe has communication problems.

In their idyllic Lake District home, the extended Hughes family reunites for Joe's fifth birthday party. But tensions soon rise among Alison, Paul and patriarch Maurice when newly-arrived Eddie and Nicola suggest Joe has communication problems.

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