7.8/10128 votes#1 - Diagnosis
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 3/22/2016
At Joe's birthday party, tensions rise when it's suggested he has communication problems.
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Writer: Peter Bowker
8.1/10105 votes#2 - Home School
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 3/29/2016
Following Joe’s diagnosis, Alison wants to protect her son and takes him out of school without telling Paul. He and Rebecca believe that Joe shouldn’t have to change to fit into the world.
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Writer: Peter Bowker
8.1/1094 votes#3 - Therapy
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 4/5/2016
Alison has to deal with a blast from her past after Maggie, a speech and language therapist, shows up to assess Joe.
Director: Peter Cattaneo
Writer: Peter Bowker
7.6/1097 votes#4 - Sleepover
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 4/12/2016
An impromptu attempt to win Joe some friends leads to a breakthrough moment for Alison, but how long can it last? Maurice and Louise come to blows over Joe, while Rebecca turns to Eddie for relationship advice.
Director: Dominic Leclerc
Writer: Peter Bowker
7.8/1088 votes#5 - Goodbye
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 4/19/2016
Alison is hit hard when Joe's helper Maya looks set to be deported. As Paul and Eddie discover their wives both want different things, Maurice is left kicking himself for letting Louise go.
Director: Dominic Leclerc
Writer: Peter Bowker
8.0/1093 votes#6 - Lost
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 4/26/2016
Alison brokers a peace with Paul in time for the gastropub opening, but Joe goes missing.
Director: Susan Tully
Writer: Peter Bowker
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The various generations of the Hughes family, who all love, work and fight like any other clan, find they must learn to communicate all over...
Genre:Drama
Network:BBC One
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Diagnosis" is the best rated episode of "The A Word" season 1. It scored 7.8/10 based on 128 votes. Directed by Peter Cattaneo and written by Peter Bowker, it aired on 3/22/2016. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Home School".