Format / Scripted Series / Drama

Ralph & Katie

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Newlyweds Ralph and Katie, both with Down's syndrome, navigate their first year in this heartfelt dramedy.

The last time we saw Ralph and Katie on The A Word, they’d just had the wedding of the year. So what happened next?

In this new comedy-drama, we make a triumphant return to the beauty and splendor of the Lake District, and journey with our couple as they embark on their first year of marriage.

Navigating their own way through life, love, and independence, Ralph and Katie face many of the challenges faced by all newlyweds… but with the added blessing or complication that they both have Down’s syndrome.

Returning to our screens, Leon Harrop (Brassic, No Offence, The Street) and Sarah Gordy (The Long Call, Strike, Call the Midwife) take Ralph and Katie on an emotional rollercoaster, supported by some new faces and the odd familiar overbearing parent…

Joining showrunner Peter Bowker are five of the UK’s best-emerging d/Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent writers – Genevieve Barr, Annalisa Dinnella, Amy Trigg, Lizzie Watson, and Tom Wentworth.

Jordan Hogg (Screw, Death in Paradise, Ackley Bridge) – a director with cerebral palsy – completes the team to bring this groundbreaking, heartwarming and perception-challenging series to a primetime, mainstream audience.

Screeners

Programme Details

DURATION
6 x 30'
ORIGINAL BROADCASTER
BBC One
AVAILABLE IN
HD
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE
English