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1094:Sarah Gordy
1086:Leon Harrop
1074:Greg McHugh
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161:Greg McHugh
146:Lee Ingleby
101:Susan Tully
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486:The A Word
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438:2016-03-22
390:60 minutes
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261:(BBC)
43:Drama
40:Genre
2738:IMDb
2700:2022
2673:2022
2645:2022
2623:2024
2596:2024
2569:2024
2542:2024
2515:2022
2487:2016
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2280:2022
2258:2023
2232:2022
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2090:BARB
2034:4.73
2004:4.08
1974:3.79
1942:3.32
1912:3.59
1882:4.23
1799:4.30
1761:4.28
1723:4.30
1683:4.51
1646:4.83
1608:5.01
1523:5.94
1483:5.61
1445:5.85
1407:5.94
1369:6.13
1331:6.65
1253:3.95
1214:4.54
1175:6.02
1096:and
1084:and
906:Jean
880:7–8
804:2–5
718:2–6
541:Role
528:Cast
2747:at
2736:at
2720:at
1829:No.
1822:No.
1553:No.
1546:No.
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1269:No.
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