The Hughes family work and love and fight like every other family. Then, their youngest son is diagnosed with autism and they don't feel like every other family anymore.

Alison and Paul drive a confused Joe to Manchester and Pear Tree special school, which he appears to like, but back home Paul is concerned for barmaid Sophie and her damaged son Mark. Maurice, against Louise's wishes, employs her Downs Syndrome son Ralph at the brewery but is baffled when she rejects his advances and then makes a confession. Eddie, now living in Manchester, agrees to put Joe up but has an admission for Nicola whilst Rebecca is equally candid with James. Written by don @ minifie-1

In this moving BBC drama, the Hughes family living in the Lake District are like any other family; when their young son Joe is diagnosed as autistic, their lives are changed forever, and the family members must pull together to better learn their son's condition. Written by Tom Daly

In this moving BBC drama, the Hughes family living in the Lake District are like any other family; when their young son Joe is diagnosed as autistic, their lives are changed forever, and the family members must pull together to better learn their son's condition. Written by Tom Daly

In this moving BBC drama, the Hughes family living in the Lake District are like any other family; when their young son Joe is diagnosed as autistic, their lives are changed forever, and the family members must pull together to better learn their son's condition. Written by Tom Daly

In this moving BBC drama, the Hughes family living in the Lake District are like any other family; when their young son Joe is diagnosed as autistic, their lives are changed forever, and the family members must pull together to better learn their son's condition. Written by Tom Daly