Show Info

Status: Ended
First Aired: March 22, 2016
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 18
Networks: BBC One
Genres: Drama

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TMDB Rating: 7.9 (24 votes)

Overview

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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Series 1

6 episodes • 2016Avg: 9.1Golden Era

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Diagnosis	Mar 22, 2016	8.5
2	Home School	Mar 29, 2016	9.0
3	Therapy	Apr 5, 2016	8.5
4	Sleepover	Apr 12, 2016	9.5
5	Goodbye	Apr 19, 2016	9.5
6	Lost	Apr 26, 2016	9.5

Series 2

6 episodes • 2017Avg: 8.1

#	Episode	Air Date	Rating
1	Naming Day	Nov 7, 2017	8.0
2	Get Away	Nov 14, 2017	8.0
3	Are We Still Here?	Nov 21, 2017	8.0
4	Falling	Nov 28, 2017	8.0
5	Family Album	Dec 5, 2017	9.0
6	Same Deep Water	Dec 12, 2017	7.5

Series 3

6 episodes • 2020

#	Episode	Air Date
1	Episode 1	May 5, 2020
2	Episode 2	May 12, 2020
3	Episode 3	May 19, 2020
4	Episode 4	May 26, 2020
5	Episode 5	Jun 2, 2020
6	Episode 6	Jun 9, 2020

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