The A Word series 3? Innocent star Lee Ingleby teases future of BBC1 drama. BBC, ITV, ABC, BBC First
Either way, Ingleby is relishing the challenge: "It's always great to play a villain."
Of course, he's better known for portraying the nice guy – in Inspector George Gently he was trusty sidekick John Bacchus to Martin Shaw's George Gently, and in The A Word he's known as family man Paul – father to Joe, who is diagnosed with autism.
The BBC1 drama aired its second series in 2017 to great acclaim. With such a loyal fanbase, surely The A Word will return for more episodes? "I hope there will be more," said Ingleby. "We've always planned on doing it every two years... Time's changed, Joe's grown up and it's a special one because it's such a lovely job. As a cast and crew we adore it and because Pete Bowker is such a brilliant writer, we hope it will go on forever and ever.
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"I think as far as Pete's concerned it'll be like Boyhood – we'll go into [Joe's] mid twenties, if we could."
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