{"id":5293,"date":"2015-10-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/2015\/10\/26\/christopher-eccleston-to-lead-cast-of-bbc-one-drama-the-a-word\/"},"modified":"2015-10-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-26T00:00:00","slug":"christopher-eccleston-to-lead-cast-of-bbc-one-drama-the-a-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/christopher-eccleston-to-lead-cast-of-bbc-one-drama-the-a-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Eccleston to Lead Cast of BBC One Drama The A Word"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tLONDON: Christopher Eccleston (<em>Doctor Who<\/em>, <em>The Leftovers<\/em>) has joined the cast of the BBC One drama <em>The A Word<\/em>, which has begun filming for a spring premiere.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tOther confirmed cast members include Lee Ingleby (<em>Our Zoo<\/em>), Morven Christie (<em>Grantchester<\/em>), Greg McHugh (<em>Fresh Meat<\/em>), Vinette Robinson (<em>Sherlock<\/em>) and newcomer Max Vento. The series will focus on a family who must learn to communicate once their youngest child is diagnosed with autism. It is based on a Keshet International and July August Productions format. BAFTA Award winner Peter Bowker wrote the six-part series.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPolly Hill, BBC controller of drama, said: &ldquo;<em>The A Word<\/em> tackles parts of life that aren&rsquo;t always easy and Peter has drawn on the absolute highs, lows and challenges so many families face when a child is different to other children, in a beautiful way. With Peter&rsquo;s award-winning track record and history of drama tackling tough subjects, <em>The A Word<\/em> is set to be a rollercoaster of a series which is ultimately an uplifting, honest and human drama for BBC One.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBowker added: &ldquo;We have the opportunity here to make something funny, tough, realistic and inventive about contemporary family life and autism. In a society where imperfection increasingly comes with blame attached, it seems timely to look at how autism is regarded both within a family and the wider community&mdash;and to give some insight into how that experience might be for the child on the autism spectrum. It&rsquo;s a drama full of ideas about parenthood, about disability, about communication, about community, and will emphatically engage an audience whatever their experience of the subject.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tEccleston remarked: &ldquo;I&rsquo;m very proud to be reunited with writer Peter Bowker on <em>The A Word<\/em>. This is a special job for us all. We hope the audience take us to their hearts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON: Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who, The Leftovers) has joined the cast of the BBC One drama The A Word, which has begun filming for a spring premiere. Other confirmed cast members include Lee Ingleby (Our Zoo), Morven Christie (Grantchester), Greg McHugh (Fresh Meat), Vinette Robinson (Sherlock) and newcomer Max Vento. The series will focus on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Christopher Eccleston to Lead Cast of BBC One Drama The A Word<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Christopher Eccleston to Lead Cast of BBC One Drama The A Word. 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