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First Aired: March 22nd, 2016
Status: Ended
Genre: Drama
Network: BBC One
Summary: 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.
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# of Episodes: 18
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Season 1
Episode 1: Diagnosis
Air Date: March 22nd, 2016
Summary: At Joe's birthday party, tensions rise when it's suggested he has communication problems.
Episode 2: Home School
Air Date: March 29th, 2016
Summary: 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.
Episode 3: Therapy
Air Date: April 5th, 2016
Summary: Alison has to deal with a blast from her past after Maggie, a speech and language therapist, shows up to assess Joe.
Episode 4: Sleepover
Air Date: April 12nd, 2016
Summary: 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.
Episode 5: Goodbye
Air Date: April 19th, 2016
Summary: 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.
Episode 6: Lost
Air Date: April 26th, 2016
Summary: Alison brokers a peace with Paul in time for the gastropub opening, but Joe goes missing.
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