Many viewers already know Ralph and Katie. The pair met and fell in love in the most recent series of BBC One’s hit drama The A Word, created by Peter Bowker and starring Morven Christie, Lee Ingleby, Christopher Eccleston and young Max Vento, which began in 2016 and focuses on the family and community around Joe Hughes, a young boy with autism.
In the penultimate episode of series three, which aired during lockdown in 2020, Ralph and Katie were married. It was one of the TV highlights of the year.
Now the couple, played by former Big Issue cover star Leon Harrop and Sarah Gordy, take centre stage in a six-part spin-off series focusing on their married life. We see their domestic bliss and family strife, the everyday jealousies and job worries, plus new friendships, fun and laughter. It’s a series to make us