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MONEY
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3 seasons · 18 episodes total · ~6 per season.
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The A Word
2016 3 seasons · 18 eps English
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7.9
BANGER
★7.9TMDB · 26
Drama
Synopsis
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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 again when the youngest member is diagnosed with autism.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
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Cast
Max Vento
Joe Hughes
Molly Wright
Rebecca Hughes
Morven Christie
Alison Hughes
Lee Ingleby
Paul Hughes
David Gyasi
Ben Chambers
Caroline O'Neill
Pauline
Created by
Keren Margalit
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CRAFT
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Roughly 18 hours end-to-end — 2 full workdays of television.
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ERA
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Aired from 2016 to 2020 — a 4-year run.
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WILD
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TMDB status: "Ended".
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WORLD
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Show type: Scripted.
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AWARDS
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Created by Keren Margalit.
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CAST
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Airs on BBC One.
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The technical file
- Seasons
- 3
- Total episodes
- 18
- Avg episode length
- 60 min
- Premiered
- 2016-03-22
- Last aired
- 2020-06-09
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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