Monday 18 April 2016

The A Word (2016 Pater Cattaneo)

Quite the best written thing on television currently, Peter Bowker's story of an autistic child is in fact about how everyone is affected by it. The characters are brilliantly rounded and it's a nuanced work, also at times very funny indeed.

Great cast comprises the hideously behaving Morvern Christie, Lee Ingleby, Greg McHugh, Vinette Robinson (the daughter), Julia Krynke (the babysitter who is actually one of the best people at looking after the child), Chris Ecclestone, Max Vento (Joe), Molly Wright (daughter), Pooky Quesnel (music teacher).

It's interesting to think what Joe might think of Mozart's Requiem, or Stravinsky.

Bowker's credits are:

Capital (2015)
Asylum (2015)
Marvellous (2014)
From There to Here (2014)
Monroe (2012)
Eric & Ernie (2011)
Desperate Romantics (2009)
Occupation (2009)
Wuthering Heights (2009)
Viva Blackpool (2006)
Blackpool (2004)
Single (2003)
Flesh and Blood (2002)
The King and Us (2002)
Buried Treasure (2001)
Many previous TV cerdits.

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